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Tuesday, November 11, 2025
Thousands at funeral of Lt. Hadar Goldin in Kfar Saba
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
Thousands attend the funeral of Lt. Hadar Goldin, the fallen soldier whose body was released to Israel Sunday after 11 years of captivity.
Goldin is being buried in the Kfar Saba military cemetery, in the town where he was born and raised and where his parents live.
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IDF Chief of staff Eyal Zamir, family members and others cover Goldin’s coffin with soil ahead of the eulogies.
Simcha Goldin recites the Kaddish over his son, his white shirt ripped as a sign of mourning.
This is the second funeral for Goldin, who was killed in August 2014. At the time, the IDF Rabbinate declared him deceased for the purposes of Jewish burial and grieving rituals. His family held a funeral then in Kfar Saba, attended by thousands, and observed the traditional seven-day Jewish mourning period (shiva).
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