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Tuesday, November 11, 2025
Hadar Goldin’s mother: ‘We waited for you 11 years’
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleJessica Steinberg, The Times of Israel's culture and lifestyles editor, covers the Sabra scene from south to north and back to the center
Leah Goldin, mother of fallen soldier Hadar Goldin, speaks at her son’s funeral.
She thanks everyone who brought back her son.
“Hadar, we waited for you 11 years, it’s a long time,” she says. “A long time.”
She says she doesn’t have an explanation for how the family was able to struggle for so long. Whenever they felt weak from the effort, someone would say, “But what would Hadar say?”
“Still, I kept waiting for you to suddenly appear and say, ‘Everything’s okay,'” she says.
בדרכו האחרונה | לאה גולדין סופדת בדמעות לבנה, סגן הדר גולדין: "חיכינו לך 11 שנים, זה המון זמן. אנחנו פה בגלל כל הוראות ההפעלה שהשארת לנו ובגלל מי שאתה. חיכיתי שתקפוץ ותגיד שהכל בסדר. תדע שתמיד אהבתי אותך"
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“I always loved you, Hadar. May you rest in peace.”
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