Edna Sarusi, who was Hadar Goldin’s fiancée at the time he was killed, speaks about his spirit, which she says always pushed away the darkness.
She says seeing his body yesterday at the Shura army base was “a moment of light and truth, that things are finally in their place.”
“This struggle was so just, because you don’t leave soldiers behind, and now that you’re home, it’s so holy to bring you here,” says Sarusi. “That’s just how it should be.”
Sarusi speaks of how she has become part of his family, how she has gotten to know Hadar’s parents, siblings and all those around them.
“I didn’t get to marry you,” says Sarusi. But, she says, she learned “how to fight for things that are important to us.”
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