- Special Envoy to Kibbutz Revivim
Yossi Aptalon's funeral is scheduled for 11 a.m. On a small table at the entrance to the cemetery of Kibbutz Revivim, packets of tissues and bottles of water were placed. Like the <> or so members of his community killed by Hamas terrorists, Yossi Aptalon cannot be buried in Kibbutz Beeri.
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Located 5 kilometers from the Gaza Strip, it is located in the closed military zone: the Israeli army prohibits funeral ceremonies there. It is therefore 80 kilometers away, in the heart of the Negev desert, that the victims of October 7 are buried. "Temporarily," say the 1,100 survivors of the massacre, who do not know whether they will return to live in Beeri.
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Very quickly, despite the shock and although evacuated to the other side of the country, to a hotel on the shores of the Dead Sea, they had to take charge of the burial...
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