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Tuesday, February 25, 2025
From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, February 25, 2025
Funeral procession begins for slain hostage Oded Lifshitz
People pay their respects during the funeral process of slain hostage Oded Lifshitz, in Rishon Lezion, February 25, 2025. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
The funeral procession for slain hostage Oded Lifshitz sets out from Rishon Lezion to make the slow journey to Kibbutz Nir Oz, where he will be buried this afternoon.
Members of the public have lined the route holding Israeli flags and signs asking for forgiveness from the family.
Oded and his wife, Yocheved, were kidnapped from their home in the Kibbutz on October 7, 2023. Yocheved was freed several weeks later. Oded’s remains were returned by Hamas to Israel last week, and Israeli authorities determined he had been killed at least a year ago, at age 83.
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