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(Left to right) Harel Masood, 21, of Yad Binyamin, Elisha Anteman, 17, of Eli, Ofer Fayerman, 64, of Eli, and Nachman Mordoff, 17, of Ahiya, who were killed in a shooting attack near the West Bank settlement of Eli on June 20, 2023. (Courtesy)
June 21, 2023, 2:03 pm
‘How do I go on?’ Funerals held for 4 Israelis killed in West Bank terror attack
Elisha Anteman, 17, buried next to Ofer Fayerman, 64; mother eulogizes Harel Masood, 21: ‘Everyone was blinded by your beauty’; grandpa of Nachman Mordoff, 17: ‘You never did harm’
By Michael Bachner
Pallbearers carry the coffin of Italy's former prime minister and media mogul Silvio Berlusconi, outside the Duomo cathedral in Milan on June 14, 2023. (Photo by Andreas SOLARO / AFP)
June 14, 2023, 9:22 pm
National day of mourning held in Italy for Berlusconi’s state funeral
Critics of controversial former leader slam unprecedented measures taken in response to his death
By Brigitte Hagemann and Ella Ide
Bella Montoya being attended to after waking up in her coffin in Babahoyo, Ecuador on June 22, 2023. (Twitter screenshot used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
June 14, 2023, 8:44 pm
Ecuadoran woman wakes in coffin 2 days after being declared dead
Bella Montoya, 76, started knocking on inside of her casket during wake and was sent back to the hospital that pronounced her dead
By Enrique Ortiz
Family and friends attend the funeral of Sgt. Lia Ben Nun, who was killed on the Egyptian border on June 3, at the military cemetery in Rishon Lezion, June 4, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
June 4, 2023, 8:42 pm
‘An unimaginable loss’: 3 IDF soldiers killed in Egypt border shooting laid to rest
Sgt. Lia Ben Nun, 19, Staff Sgt. Ori Yitzhak Iluz, 20 and Staff Sgt. Ohad Dahan, 20, mourned by family and friends at separate ceremonies day after attack by Egyptian policeman
By ToI Staff
Rabbi Gershon Edelstein, head of the Ponevezh Yeshiva, seen in his home in the ultra orthodox Jewish town of Bnei Brak, on May 20, 2021. (Yaakov Naumi/FLASH90)
May 30, 2023, 6:07 pm
Followers of Rabbi Gershon Edelstein honor late Haredi leader’s pragmatic devoutness
Seculars celebrate the moderate politics of the leader of the Lithuanian stream of ultra-Orthodoxy in Israel, while his students recall his compassionate approach to education
By Canaan Lidor
Family and friends attend the funeral of Inga Avramyan, 82, in Kibbutz Givat Brenner in southern Israel, May 15, 2023. (Jonathan Shaul/Flash90)
May 15, 2023, 9:16 pm
‘You were everything’: Grandmother slain by Gaza rocket laid to rest
Hundreds attend funeral for Inga Avramyan, 82, who died when missile hit her home in Rehovot; Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli vows Israel will never bow to terrorism
By ToI Staff
Friends and family members mourn during the funeral ceremony of athor and lyricist Yehonatan Geffen in Nahalal cemetery, northern Israel, April 21, 2023. (Shir Torem/Flash90)
April 21, 2023, 1:27 pm
‘Love has a country, and he was its prince’: Lyricist Yehonatan Geffen laid to rest
Mourners honor late author, musician with songs he wrote; daughter Shira Geffen recalls helping father with book of songs before his death, feared his passing upon completing work
By Michael Horovitz
The husband and children of Lucy Dee, 48, who was killed in a West Bank terror shooting attack, attend her funeral at the Gush Etzion Regional Cemetery in Kfar Etzion on April 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
April 11, 2023, 4:30 pm
‘To lose a mother is to lose life’: Thousands at funeral for terror victim Lucy Dee
Husband and three surviving children return to cemetery less than 48 hours after burying Dee’s two daughters Maia and Rina; all were killed in a West Bank shooting attack
By ToI Staff
Family and friends attend the funeral of terror victims Maia and Rina Dee at the Gush Etzion Regional Cemetery in Kfar Etzion, April 9, 2023. Inset: Maia (left) and Rina Dee. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90; courtesy of the family)
April 9, 2023, 8:54 pm
‘How will I explain to your mother?’ wails father of terror victim sisters at funeral
Thousands attend emotional burial of Maia and Rina, shot dead in Friday attack; their mother Lucy is in critical condition in the hospital
By Jeremy Sharon
People line the street outside of the funeral of Elan Ganeles, 27, a dual US-Israeli citizen from West Hartford, Connecticut, in Raanana, March 1, 2023. (AP/Tsafrir Abayov)
March 2, 2023, 4:42 am
At US-born terror victim’s funeral, bittersweet memories eclipse calls for revenge
Friends, family and others pack Ra’anana cemetery, recalling Elan Ganeles as ‘goofy’ and ‘annoying,’ but in a good way, while a far-right government minister vows to avenge death
By Orly Halpern
The coffin of late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is brought to St. Peter's Square for a funeral mass at the Vatican, January 5, 2023. (Ben Curtis/AP)
January 5, 2023, 11:18 am
Thousands pour into St. Peter’s Square for funeral of Benedict XVI
Pope Francis presides over Vatican ceremony for deceased former pontiff; small number of heads of state, royal delegations join service
By Nicole Winfield, Giada Zampano and Frances D'Emilio
Soccer fans line up to attend the funeral of the late Brazilian soccer legend Pele at the Vila Belmiro stadium in Santos, Brazil, Jan. 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
January 2, 2023, 6:03 pm
Brazilians pay last respects to soccer legend Pelé 
Fans line up outside stadium in hometown of the soccer great, who died at 82 last week after a battle with cancer
By Mauricio SAVARESE
Former and current students attend the funeral of Rabbi Chaim Druckman in Merkaz Shapira in central Israel on December 26, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 26, 2022, 1:29 pm
‘One of the great rabbis of Israel’: Religious Zionist Rabbi Chaim Druckman mourned
Thousands of people brave rainy weather to attend funeral of influential spiritual leader of the national religious community, who died Sunday at 90
By Judah Ari Gross
Screen capture from video of Kafr Qasim Mayor Adel Badir speaking to reporter about an alleged terror attack in his city, December 23, 2022. (Walla. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
December 25, 2022, 12:20 pm
Kafr Qasim mayor defends attendance at funeral of suspected terrorist
Facing criticism, Adel Badir insists his aim was to keep the proceedings peaceful at burial of assailant who wounded three officers, and had coordinated with police
By ToI Staff
The funeral of alleged terrorist Naim Badir in Kafr Qasim on December 25, 2022. (Screenshot: Twitter; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
December 25, 2022, 5:54 am
Assailant in Kafr Qasim attack buried, with dozens on hand, including mayor
Chants heard at funeral even though Israel conditioned body’s release on quiet ceremony; police say Naim Badir carried out terror attack, release footage; family denies it
By ToI Staff
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