2023-10-20 17:07:00
The bodies of an Israeli father and his 16-year-old disabled daughter have finally been found 12 days following their deaths at the hands of Hamas terrorists who attacked a music festival, Israel has confirmed. Erick Peretz and his daughter Ruth – who was wheelchair-bound and suffered from cerebral palsy and muscular dystrophy – were found by volunteers on Wednesday at the site of the Supernova festival near Kibbutz Re’im, where, according to official and local reports, at least 260 Israelis were massacred.
They were “brutally murdered by Hamas terrorists,” Israel wrote on its official X account. “My father was very happy and everything was fine,” his older daughter Yaarit Peretz (26) told the Israeli internet portal Ynet on Monday. “He’s been going to these parties for years and taking Ruth with him because it’s really good for her and she loves it. There were times when he took her with him and she didn’t want to leave,” says Yaarit.
For days, the Peretz family wondered helplessly whether the two had been killed or kidnapped. Yaarit Peretz said she had heard reports that Erick ran away with Ruth in his arms, but might not confirm any information and still had not heard from them. “It’s crazy that so much time has passed and there are still no answers,” she said before finally learning her fate on Wednesday. (fos)
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