PHOTO: Paul Kessler holding and waving an Israeli flag in his last minute picture before he was beaten to death with a megaphone by Pro-Hamas activist in Los Angeles

Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that Paul Kessler holding and waving an Israeli flag in his last minute picture before he was beaten to death with a megaphone by Pro-Hamas activist in Los Angeles.

Los Angeles witnessed a tragic incident on Monday when a 65-year-old Jewish man, Paul Kessler, died from injuries sustained during an altercation at a pro-Palestinian protest on Sunday, the Los Angeles Scoop is reporting.

Sources tell YWN that Kessler was waving an Iaraeli flag near a demonstration on Westlake Blvd In Ventura County, when an individual participating in the pro-Palestinian protest allegedly struck him in the face with a megaphone. The force of the blow caused him to fall to the ground, resulting in a severe head injury.

Eyewitnesses reported seeing the victim lying in a pool of blood, while a woman carrying a sign that read “free Palestine” attempted to provide assistance. The man was rushed to the hospital in critical condition.

Sadly, Mr. Kessler was Niftar on Monday due to the injuries he had suffered. Misaskim Los Angeles was working on Kavod Hames.

In response to the incident, the Ventura Sheriff Department swiftly arrived at the scene and began interviewing eyewitnesses. However, as of now, no arrests have been made in connection with the assault.

Efforts to contact the Sheriff Department for further details have, thus far, remained unanswered. Ventura County police said in a statement that the assault happened at about 3:20 p.m. at the intersection of Westlake Boulevard and Thousand Oaks Boulevard, where simultaneous pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian protests were taking place.

One pro-Israeli demonstrator, who hid her identity, told ABC 7 News that some of the pro-Palestinian group walked across the road, began antagonizing her group and hit Kessler over the head.

“It is a hate crime, there is no question about it,” she said. The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles said a pro-Palestinian protester hit Kessler with a megaphone during an “antisemitic crime.”

“We are devastated to learn of the tragic death of an elderly Jewish man who was struck in the head by a megaphone wielded by a pro-Palestinian protester in Westlake Village,” the federation said in a statement. The Council on American-Islamic Relations called for calm.

“We urge everyone to wait for the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office to complete its investigation before drawing any conclusions,” the organization said in a statement. “While we strongly support the right of political debate, CAIR-LA and the Muslim community stand with the Jewish community in rejecting any and all violence, antisemitism, Islamophobia, or incitement of hatred.”