‘All our hearts are broken’ says mourner as families of missing demand information on loved ones and await closure
erusalem’s streets have been quiet since Saturday’s devastating Hamas attack that killed at least 1,300 Israelis. But at the entrance to Mount Herzl, Israel’s military cemetery, cars and coaches lined the road outside for 500 metres in both directions as the country begins the long and sorrowful process of burying so many dead.
“Our Shilo, look around, you can see many people here; instead of accompanying you to the celebration of your wedding, or the construction of a home, we are accompanying you to your eternal rest,” his father said. In Zeitan, a town in the centre of the country, flower exporter Lihi Salpeter Danziger has organised 100 volunteers, working in shifts, to make funeral wreaths of roses and chrysanthemums that are then boxed and delivered to grieving families for free.
Yet for families of the estimated hundreds still missing, there still cannot be the closure of laying their loved ones to rest. The scale of the massacres in southern Israel’s towns, army bases and kibbutzim has become apparent this week, as reporters have been able to access the sites. More and more bodies are found each day.
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