Roman Brodsky, an Israeli man who was killed by Ukrainian troops due to apparent mistaken identity, is buried in the southern city of Arad.
His body was brought back to Israel on Friday.
“My dear child, my son, you were everything, my pride, my glory. Until now my heart refuses to believe I will not hear your voice, I will not see your eyes. We talked the day before, if only I had known it was the last day, the last moment,” Brodsky’s father Yafim says, according to Ynet.
The Foreign Ministry said Brodsky was part of a convoy of vehicles traveling to the Moldovan border to leave the country. He and his partner were intending to then fly to Israel.
Brodsky came to Israel at age 13 with his family. He lived in the country for around 27 years and had two small children. He returned to Ukraine about 2 years ago to start a business in Kyiv.
The Zaka rescue service gave his age as 37, though some Israeli news outlets identified him as 41 or 42 years old.
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