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From the Liveblog of Thursday, June 9, 2016

Hundreds attend funeral of Tel Aviv shooting victim Ido Ben Ari

9 June 2016, 6:33 pm

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Hundreds of Israelis are paying last respects to Sarona Market shooting victim Ido Ben Ari, 42.

Ben Ari’s funeral is taking place now in the cemetery in the central Israeli town of Yavneh.

Family and friends at the June 9, 2016 funeral of Ido Ben Ari, 42, in Yavneh. Ben Ari died in the Sarona Market terror attack in Tel Aviv the day before. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

His wife, who was moderately wounded in yesterday’s attack, is at the funeral, but will return to Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv when the funeral is ended.

Ido Ben Ari, one of four victims killed in a terror attack in Tel Aviv's Sarona Market on June 6, 2016. (Courtesy) — Ido Ben Ari, one of four victims killed in a terror attack in Tel Aviv’s Sarona Market on June 6, 2016. (Courtesy)

Ben Ari was a father of two who served in the elite Sayeret Matkal commando unit and held a senior position at The Coca-Cola Company’s Israel branch. In a statement, Coca-Cola said yesterday that the company “mourns the tragic loss of our friend Ido Ben Ari, a victim of this horrific act. We send our condolences and warmest wishes to the family.”

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