Funeral procession begins for slain hostage Ohad Yahalomi

The funeral procession begins for slain hostage Ohad Yahalomi whose body was returned by Hamas from Gaza last week.

The procession starts in Rishon LeZion and will make its way to Kibbutz Nir Oz where the family will hold a private funeral.

The public are encouraged to line the streets of the route with Israeli flags to pay their respects to Yahalomi, who was returned along with fellow slain hostages Itzik Elgarat, Shlomo Mantzur, and Tsahi Idan as part of the hostage-ceasefire deal.

The funeral procession will follow the following route:

– 8:15 AM: Rishon LeZion, 1 Ehad Ha’am Street
– 8:45 AM: Rishonim Interchange, on the ramp to Road 431 West
– 9:00 AM: Yavne Interchange
– 10:00 AM: Yad Mordechai Junction
– 10:15 AM: HaKshatot Junction
– 10:30 AM: Sa’ad Junction
– 10:45 AM: Gamma Junction and Nir Oz Junction

Yahalomi was kidnapped at age 49, and turned 50 in April 2024. He was killed at some point in the past 10 months.

In a statement on his release, Kibbutz Nir Oz said that “Ohad, who was 50 at the time of his death, was a devoted and loving family man. He was a passionate sportsman and an avid traveler, intimately familiar with every trail and path in the desert he so dearly loved.”