US EditionSlain Hostage Amiram Cooper Laid to Rest: 'This Story Should Have Had a Different Ending'
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Slain hostage Amiram Cooper laid to rest: 'This story should have had a different ending'
Cooper is the final hostage from among the Kibbutz Nir Oz members to have been returned to Israel. He was kidnapped alive on October 7 with his wife, Nurit, who was later released
The funeral of Amiram Cooper, the abductee who was returned from the Gaza Strip last week, was held today (Sunday) at Kibbutz Nir Oz, with the participation of a large crowd of his family, relatives, and friends. His son Rotem Cooper paid tribute to him: "The years have accumulated, the trees have grown tall, and your children have spread their wings, but you and your mother stuck to Nir Oz and did not leave your home even during difficult days โฆ
Amiram is laid to rest at Kibbutz Nir Oz after surviving in inhuman conditions in the tunnels for four months, but on June 3, 2024, the army informed his family that he had been killed in captivity. โข He was returned for burial in Israel after 755 days in Gaza. โข President Herzog eulogized: "In the land you loved so much, the land you worked for and for which you wrote your wonderful poems."
The late abductee Amiram Cooper, who was returned last week from Hamas captivity, will be laid to rest today in Nir Oz and accompanied by a flag convoy on his final journey "A day of closing the circle, the last abductee returning to his homeland" | Live broadcast
At the weekly rally in Kidnapped Square, Eitan Horn called on the Kidnapped Square not to forget the 11 kidnapped people who remain in Gaza: โI am not free as long as they are not home. The State of Israel must finish the mission.โ
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