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Thursday, December 25, 2025
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Thursday, December 25, 2025
French victim of Australian terror massacre being laid to rest in Ashdod
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Friends and family attend the funeral of Dan Elkayam, who was murdered in the Sydney Hanukkah terror attack, at a cemetery in Ashdod, December 25, 2025. (Tal Gal/Flash90)
Dan Elkayam, a French national who was one of 15 people killed when two gunmen opened fire at at Hanukkah gathering last week in Sydney, Australia, is being laid to rest in Ashdod.
A funeral was held in Australia this week before his body was flown to Israel for burial.
The IT engineer loved soccer and played semi-professionally, including at the 2022 Maccabiah Games.
“He’s never looked for drama. He’d try to avoid any fight,” his brother, Yohan, told The New York Times. “Even though he was so welcoming to everyone, he died because he was Jewish.”
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