Kibbutz Be'eri announced Friday evening the murder of Kibbutz member Ofra Kedar, 70, who was abducted to Gaza by Hamas terrorists on October 7. Ofra was murdered in captivity and her body is being held by Hamas. Ofra's husband, Sami, was murdered that day in his home. The kibbutz said it would demand her return along with the other abductees.
Be'eri evacuees watching TV while covering the transfer of hostages // Yoni Rikner
Be'eri spokeswomen Miri Gad Mesika and Michal Paikin said: "The kibbutz community embraces Ofra's family: her children - Elad, Oren and Yael, her grandchildren, and all her family members, and shares in their unbearable sorrow. We will demand her return with the other abductees."
Ofra Kedar, 70, was abducted on October 7 while walking in the fields outside her home in Kibbutz Be'eri. Ofra was her mother, grandmother and aunt. Her husband Sammy, who has Parkinson's, was murdered while confined to a couch in their home. Yael, Ofra and Sami's daughter, has special needs and was locked alone in the safe room, saving herself.
Her associates said that Ofra always found a way to make life easier, "Everything is always fine with her," they said. They also said that she was a positive figure in the lives of those around her and that she had been missing every moment since that Shabbat when she was kidnapped.
Ofra loved gardening, swimming in the kibbutz pool, the kibbutz's petting zoo and especially the quiet early morning walks among the orchard trees, the paths she loved so much.
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