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Thursday, June 5, 2025
Herzog says recovery of slain hostages ‘a moment of pain, but also solace’
Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter
President Isaac Herzog calls the return of the bodies of Judih Weinstein and Gadi Haggai from Gaza “a moment of deep pain, but also one of solace and the resolution of uncertainty.”
Judih and Gadi “were murdered and abducted together from their home in the peace-loving Kibbutz Nir Oz – the place where they lived, raised a large family, and built their lives,” he says in a statement. “Now, thanks to the rescue operation, they will be laid to rest together in dignity, in the land they so deeply loved.”
Herzog says that Israel “will continue to do everything in our power to bring our sisters and brothers back from hell – the living for healing and rehabilitation, and the fallen to be laid to rest in dignity. Every last one of them!”
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