Kerala Man Shot Dead While Illegally Entering Israel: Wife Recalls Last Conversation

Kerala Man Shot Dead While Illegally Entering Israel: ANI reported that the wife of a man from Thiruvanandapuram, Kerala, shot dead in Jordan, said that in the last call, the two spoke for two minutes only, and he requested that she pray for him.

According to an embassy email message to his family in Amman, 47-year-old Thomas Gabriel Periera was shot dead in Jordan by the security forces while trying to illegally cross the border into Israel.

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His wife, revealed to ANI, that the last time she received a call from him, “he only spoke to me for two minutes. He just asked me to pray for him…”

He and an accomplice named Edison were reportedly trying to cross into Israel from near Karak. Edison, who was injured, was deported to India, arriving in Thiruvananthapuram earlier this week.

Sister of Thomas' wife told ANI, “My relative's son is in London and he is the one who called and informed me about this incident. We don't know what happened exactly. He left from here on 5th (February). On 9th (February), my sister received a call, it was just for 2 minutes. He just asked to pray for him and cut the call.”

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In the email, his death was informed, and they were told the body was in a government hospital in Jordan.

“He once worked in Kuwait for 5 years...he didn't say anything to his wife and anyone, he left silently. He called once he reached there and then only he told where he went to,” she said.

The family has appealed to the Indian government for help in repatriating the bodyhome.

In a post on X, the Indian embassy in Jordan said, “The Embassy has learnt of the sad demise of an Indian national in unfortunate circumstances. The Embassy is in touch with the family of the deceased and is working closely with Jordanian authorities for transportation of mortal remains of the deceased."

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