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Monday, October 7, 2024
Father of slain soldier: ‘With what’s left of us, we’ll make sure responsibility is taken’
Jessica Steinberg, The Times of Israel's culture and lifestyles editor, covers the Sabra scene from south to north and back to the center
Several parents at the Bereaved Family Ceremony speak about their children killed on October 7, including surveillance soldier Hadar Miryam Cohen, whose father says he speaks as a representative of the 16 young female surveillance soldiers killed on that Saturday.
“We are their voices,” he says, “and I want everyone to listen to these daughters who are crying to us from under the earth. With what’s left of us, we will make sure that the responsibility is taken.”