‘You loved to hike in the Land of Israel,’ dad says of daughter killed on trek

The father of one of the 10 students killed yesterday by flash floods during a hike near the Dead Sea remembers his daughter’s optimistic nature and her love for hiking in Israel.

“I was so proud that you were my daughter. You spoke so optimistically about life,” says Ella Or’s father, Itzik, according to Israel Radio.

“You loved to hike in the Land of Israel and the earth of the Land of Israel called for you too quickly, and now we’re burying you too soon,” he adds.

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