(JEWISH GROUP) Hundreds attend funeral of UK-linked hostage Oded Lifshitz, 84
Huge crowds of mourners have paid their final respects at the funeral in Israel of 84-year-old peace activist and British-linked hostage Oded Lifshitz.
Wellwishers came out in force to accompany the path of his casket on Tuesday from Rishon Lezion to Nir Oz with Israeli flags.
The Israeli former journalist was taken from his hometown Kibbutz Nir Oz when Hamas attacked Israel on October 7 2023, killing about 1,200 people and taking more than 250 hostages.
His remains were returned on Thursday from the Gaza Strip, more than 500 days later.
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The great-grandfather and grandfather-of-11 spent his retirement as a journalist driving Palestinian patients from the border checkpoint to receive medical treatment at Israeli hospitals.
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that she might infect others.
A month ago she was interviewed and said, among others, that if Oded was alive that he would want to be the last. Release the young ones first, he would say, they had their whole lives ahead.
