(9 Jan 2025)
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Rahat, Israel – 09 January 2025
1. Mourners carry wrapped coffin of Yosef Al Zayadni
2. Mourners praying over the coffin
3. Various of prayers
4. Various of coffin taken for burial
5. Mourners carrying buckets full of sand
6. Pan from the mourners to the graveyard
7. Shiekh Sami Abu Farha, Rahat resident telling mourners UPSOUND: (Arabic) “Preserve the rights of his family and children, as he is now in the hands of God, and his family, who are still alive in the hands of God, but are still alive, be with them in this ordeal.” ++AUDIO QUALITY AS INCOMING++
8. Various of funeral, grave, graveyard
STORYLINE:
Hundreds of mourners on Thursday attended the funeral of an Israeli hostage after soldiers recovered his body from Gaza.
The Israeli military announced that the body of a Yosef AlZayadni was recovered from an underground tunnel in southern Gaza, and the army was determining if another set of remains belongs to the man’s son.
The discovery of AlZayadni’s body comes as Israel and Hamas are considering a ceasefire deal that would free the remaining hostages and halt the fighting in Gaza. Israel says about a third of the remaining 100 hostages have died, but believes as many as half could be dead.
Yosef and his son Hamzah AlZayadni were thought to still be alive before Wednesday’s announcement, and news about their fate could ramp up pressure on Israel to move forward with a deal.
The military said it found evidence in the tunnel that raised “serious concerns” for the life of Hamzah AlZayadni, suggesting he may have died in captivity. An Israeli military spokesperson said the circumstances behind Yosef AlZayadni’s death were being investigated.
AlZayadni and three of his children were among 250 hostages taken captive after Hamas-led militants stormed into southern Israel, killing 1,200 people.
AlZayadni had a total of 19 children and had worked for 17 years at the dairy farm of a kibbutz that was among the communities attacked, said the Hostages Families Forum, a group representing the relatives of captives.
AlZayadni’s teenage children, Bilal and Aisha, were released along with about 100 hostages in a weeklong ceasefire in November 2023.
AP video by Moshe Adri
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