Slain Israeli hostages Amiram Cooper and Sahar Baruch were laid to rest on Sunday, days after their remains were returned from Gaza and positively identified .

Cooper , whom Hamas terrorists kidnapped alive from Kibbutz Nir Oz, where he lived, on Oct. 7, 2023, was killed in captivity at age 84. Baruch was abducted alive from his Kibbutz Be’eri home on Oct. 7, and killed in captivity on Dec. 8, 2023. He was 25.

Captivity survivor Nurit Cooper, Amiram’s wife, spoke at his memorial service in Nir Oz.

“I arrived at Nir Oz at age 18 as a member of the Tzabar core group. Even before I met Cooper, I had heard about a young man in the Nir Oz group who wrote poetry and whistled melodies,” the Hostages and Missing Families Forum quoted her as saying.

“Writing about Cooper in the past tense

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