After two agonising years of uncertainty following their son’s abduction to Gaza, Israeli soldier Tamir Nimrodi’s parents finally laid him to rest Thursday, after his body was returned under a ceasefire with Hamas.

Nimrodi, 18 at the time of Hamas’s attack on October 7, 2023, was doing his military service at a base near the Erez Crossing into Gaza when he was seized.

Since then, he was one of the few hostages for whom no proof of life had been given.

His body was returned to Israel on Tuesday evening under the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas brokered by US President Donald Trump.

“How many times did I speak about you, how many times did I tell your story, how many times did I cry out, and now I can’t find words,” said his father, Alon Nimrodi, his voice choking as he stood by

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