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Peter Beaumont and Quique Kierszenbaum in Ruhama

‘They were abandoned’: grief and anger at funeral for Hamas kibbutz victims

Mourners beside two coffins
Lili and Ram Itamari were murdered in Kfar Azza, the scene of one of the worst Hamas massacres of 7 October, hours after a dinner party with friends. Photograph: Alexi J Rosenfeld/Getty Images

Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, spoke of “a long and difficult” conflict as he announced the second stage of the war against Hamas on Saturday evening.

For the mourners attending the funeral of Lili and Ram Itamari in a kibbutz close to the Gaza Strip, however, the war has already dragged painfully on for three long weeks.

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