The funerals are set to be held today for slain hostages Idan Shtivi and Ilan Weiss, whose bodies were brought back from Gaza on Friday in a military operation.
The funeral procession for Shtivi will begin at Ahad Ha’am Street in Rishon Lezion at 2:45 p.m.and will reach the Beit Dagan Junction, HaShiv’a Interchange to Route 4 heading north at 3:15 p.m. At 3:30 p.m.the procession is expected to pass the Messubim and Aluf Sadeh interchanges, before reaching the Ono Interchange at 3:45 p.m.
Shivti will be buried in Kfar Ma’as at 4 p.m.
Weiss will be buried at 5 p.m. in Kibbutz Be’eri.
Shtivi, 28, was murdered at the Nova music festival during the Hamas terror group’s October 7, 2023, onslaught in southern Israel.
Weiss, 56, was killed on the morning of October 7, 2023, while defending Kibbutz Be’eri from Hamas-led terrorists as a member of his community’s emergency response team. His wife Shiri and daughter Noga were also taken hostage and later freed during a weeklong truce and hostage release deal in November 2023.
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