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Despite ‘tremendous pain,’ mother of slain hostage Tamir Adar expresses ‘great relief over his return’
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Yael Adar, mother of murdered hostage Tamir Adar, speaks at a pre-Passover event in the Kibbutz Nir Oz dining hall on April 11, 2024. (Photo by Liron Moldovan/Flash90)
The mother of slain hostage Tamir Adar eulogizes her son after his remains were returned to Israel overnight, saying that while “the pain of our loss is tremendous, there is great relief over his return.”
“Tamir is free to be buried in his land,” Yael Adar writes on Facebook. “I am grateful for what he left behind and his legacy, which will still be talked about.”
She adds: “My heart is with the 13 families who are still waiting for their loved ones.”
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