Dozens of mourners gathered Wednesday in Nir Oz, a kibbutz in southern Israel near Gaza, to bid farewell to Ohad Yahalomi, whose body was returned by Hamas last month.The nature guide was seized during the Palestinian Islamist movement's October 7, 2023 attack on Israel, when nearly a quarter of Nir Oz's residents were killed or taken hostage."Sixteen years of joy and light, and the light has now gone out," Ohad's widow Bat Sheva told the crowd of mourners, sniffling through her tears.
Source: Al Monitor
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