(14 Oct 2024)
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Hula, Israel – 14 October 2024
1. Coffin with body of Sgt. Alon Amitai being carried
2. Various of mourners at funeral
3. Soldiers standing next to coffin, covered with an Israeli flag
4. Hagit Amitai, mother of Sgt. Alon Amitai crying and hugging her mother
5. Wide of funeral
6. UPSOUND (Hebrew) Hagit Amitai, mother of Sgt. Alon Amitai walking towards microphone:
"My boy, our pure boy, how will we able to talk about you in the past? Every thought that you are not here with us and we have to say farewell to you when you’re not with us is draining all our energy, mine, Dad’s. I feel that our heart was ripped out"
7. Wide of funeral
8. Soldiers shooting in the air
STORYLINE:
Hundreds of mourners attended the funeral on Monday of one of the soldiers killed in a Hezbollah drone attack on a military base in Israel late Sunday.
The attack near the city of Binyamina killed four soldiers and wounded 61.
It was the deadliest strike by the militant group since Israel launched its ground invasion of Lebanon two weeks ago.
Due to Home Front Command restrictions, Sgt. Alon Amitai, 19, will be laid to rest later, without the public, in his community in Ramot Naftali.
With Israel’s advanced air-defense systems, it’s rare for so many people to be injured by drones or missiles.
Hezbollah and Israel have traded fire almost daily in the year since the war in Gaza began, and fighting has escalated.
Israel launched its ground operation in Lebanon earlier this month with the goal of weakening Hezbollah and pushing the militant group away from the border to allow thousands of displaced Israelis to return to their homes.
AP video shot by Ami Bentov
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