Israeli family mourns ‘man of peace’ as body returned from Gaza happymamay

From her home in East London, the Israeli British, Sharon Lahvzz, never gave up the hope that her 84 -year -old father would return to the horror of the Hamas families, after more than 500 days.

He was a peaceful man, a young man, and a friend of the Palestinians.

He was dragged from his home by Palestinian militants on October 7 and killed in captivity after being transferred to Gaza.

On Thursday, the return of his body was a devastating news for Mrs. LVSTES and her family, especially her mother Yoshid Which was also hostage but he was alive Now she will not be able to reunite her 63 -year -old husband.

After identifying the Oded’s body, the head of the National Criminal Medicine Institute in Israel said he had been killed in captivity more than a year ago. The Israeli Prime Minister’s office said it “was killed in captivity by the terrorist terrorist organization.”

BBC was with Sharon, a film and academic director, at her home when a ceasefire was announced last month.

The tears of joy and hope in the end saw a chance as she was discovering what happened to her father. More than a year after his detention, she did not know whether he was alive or dead.

Sharon Leshzz then admitted that his hopes of his time were minimal, but also believed that “miracles could happen.”

Mrs. Lifschitz was an eloquent and creamy voice to launch her father and other hostages, and shed light on the shock that the hostages have faced since the beginning of her ordeal.

“In one way or another, we will know. We will know if he is still with us, and if we can take care of it. We will know who we are sad … my father did not deserve it.

But she realized that there are “more graves in the future.”

Now, one of them will be for her father.

Oded Lifshitz was a veteran journalist and young man for peace, as the Palestinians led patients to hospitals in Israel for treatment. In his campaign for Palestinian rights, Yasser Arafat met, then the head of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).

He helped find kibbutz nir oz, where he lived and took into account. It was a place that was known for the aloe vera, and the piano he played and the grandchildren he loved.

His wife Yoshid, who was released as a hostage by Hamas in 2023, met the leader of Hahia Sinwar at the time while he was detained in the tunnels under Gaza – and told him that he should be ashamed of himself.

“YoCheved should be the only person who met Cinnar, Netanyahu and Pope, and gave them all a piece of her mind. This is a kind of an unusual person,” said British lawyers who support the family.

On Wednesday, when she received the Peace Award for her campaign for hostages, she said: “Oded was a great peace fighter. He had very good relations with the Palestinians and the thing that hurt me most was that they betrayed.”

His family said that they can now mourning a husband and father found great, but after “503 painful days of uncertainty”, “They were hoping and praying for a different result.”