{"id":124286,"date":"2023-11-08T06:00:19","date_gmt":"2023-11-08T06:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=124286"},"modified":"2023-11-08T09:57:30","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T09:57:30","slug":"anula-ratnayaka-49-sri-lankan-caregiver-hid-her-elderly-client-by-toi-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/anula-ratnayaka-49-sri-lankan-caregiver-hid-her-elderly-client-by-toi-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Anula Ratnayaka, 49: Sri Lankan caregiver hid her elderly client &#8211; By TOI STAFF"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Anula Ratnayaka, 49: Sri Lankan caregiver hid her elderly client &#8211; By TOI STAFF<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/anula-ratnayaka-49-sri-lankan-caregiver-hid-her-elderly-client\/#:~:text=Anula%20Ratnayaka%2C%2049%2C%20spent%2010,she%20was%20taking%20care%20of\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-124291 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesofisrael.com\/www\/uploads\/2023\/11\/387778835_10159937821212644_5735825190104070204_n-e1699370921854.jpg?_gl=1*16c8i6k*_ga*ODUxMDMzMjAwLjE2OTk0MTc4NDA.*_ga_RJR2XWQR34*MTY5OTQyMjgyOC4yLjAuMTY5OTQyMjgyOC4wLjAuMA..\" alt=\"Israel war\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>Anula Ratnayaka (Facebook)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"underline\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">After working in Israel for a decade with families who considered her one of their own, she was murdered in Kibbutz Be\u2019eri on October 7<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"under-headline\">\n<div class=\"wrap-byline\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Anula Ratnayaka, 49, spent 10 years as a caregiver in Israel before she was murdered by Hamas terrorists in the October 7 assault on Kibbutz Be\u2019eri.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The Sri Lanka Daily News\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynews.lk\/2023\/10\/30\/admin-catagories\/breaking-news\/196660\/israeli-govt-honours-anula-ratnayake\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>\u00a0that Anula was shot dead after managing to hide Ettie Morado, the Israeli woman she was taking care of.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The report stated that \u201cthe elderly woman of the house who was rescued has said, \u2018I am blind. Anula was my eyes. She hid me under the bed and went forward to see what was happening.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">On October 28, Anula\u2019s body was repatriated to Sri Lanka and was buried in the north Colombo suburb of Kelaniya, India Today\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatoday.in\/world\/story\/israel-hamas-war-body-of-caregiver-killed-in-hamas-attack-in-israel-repatriated-to-sri-lanka-2455364-2023-10-29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">In a Facebook post, Nimisha K Varghese wrote: \u201cWe have been 5 years of friendship. You are my best friend who I can run to and talk to without an introduction\u2026 language or country was not a barrier\u2026 you have been my best friend since I came to Kibutz Be\u2019eri\u2026 I will never forget you\u2026 thank you for everything, for loving me, For all the support and everything.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">In the Facebook post, Anula can be seen in photos hanging out with friends at a branch of the \u201cGolda\u201d ice cream chain in Israel, and in what appears to be the very familiar surroundings of a kibbutz assembly hall.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The news site BNN Breaking\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/bnn.network\/world\/body-of-anula-ratnayake-brought-to-sri-lanka\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote that<\/a>\u00a0Anula was a resident of the town of Eriyawetiya \u201cwhose hopes for a better life were tragically cut short miles away from home on foreign soil.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The article referred to Anula as an \u201cisland daughter in the heart of the conflict.\u201d It stated that Anula was \u201cnot merely a statistic\u201d in the bloodshed of an intractable conflict, but rather, \u201cshe was a 49-year-old mother of two who worked tirelessly for a decade in Israel, far from the familiar landscapes of her hometown, Eriyawetiya.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The article added, \u201cin the grand scheme of war, Ratnayake may represent a single life lost, but she also stands as a poignant emblem of the cost of conflict.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">On October 25, a memorial was held in Petach Tikva for Anula. Friends and loved ones \u2014 Israelis, Sri Lankans and others from points beyond \u2014 came to pay their respects.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">In a Facebook post, Israeli Efrat Vaknin spoke of her love for Anula, who took care of her late mother-in-law Aliza before her death a few years ago. Efrat wrote that even after Aliza died they would drive down to Be\u2019eri to visit Anula and Etti, the elderly woman she took care of. Efrat wrote that Anula is the one who set up the WhatsApp group \u201cFamily\u201d and that \u201cwe were a family in every way.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Efrat wrote of a woman who loved people and life and always put others before herself. She also wrote that she misses the messages from Anula on Fridays wishing her \u201cShabbat Shalom\u201d and the sweetness she spread to all who crossed her path.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\u201cWe can\u2019t send you pictures and videos of [Efrat\u2019s child] Cleo, and you won\u2019t send me pictures of your trips around the kibbutz and kibbutz events, and we won\u2019t be able to drink your tea or the delicious cookies you made. We can\u2019t hug you anymore\u2026 Anula, we miss you so much.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Yael Gilboa, Aliza\u2019s niece, also eulogized Anula as \u201cdevoted and with a heart of gold, she also took care of the cats in the yard, and probably also birds and other creatures\u2026 We grieve with Anula\u2019s family and friends and send them our condolences. 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