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The widow of Yagev Buchshtav, one of the hostages taken captive during the October 7 Hamas massacre, reaches out to touch the top of his coffin as he is buried on August 21, 2024. (Gil Cohen-Magen/AFP via Getty Images)
The names of the six murdered Israeli hostages—and the evil ideology of their executioners—should be seared into the minds of all who wish to live in civilization.
By Bari Weiss
09.02.24 — U.S. Politics
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Today at The Free Press, we mourn the six innocent Israelis murdered by Hamas terrorists who stole them nearly a year ago. 

They are:

Eden Yerushalmi, a 24-year-old from Tel Aviv, who attended the Nova music festival with friends.

Eden Yerushalmi (courtesy of family)

Ori Danino, a 25-year-old from Jerusalem who escaped the Nova music festival, but returned …

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Bari Weiss
Bari Weiss is the founder and editor of The Free Press and host of the podcast Honestly. From 2017 to 2020 Weiss was an opinion writer and editor at The New York Times. Before that, she was an op-ed and book review editor at The Wall Street Journal and a senior editor at Tablet magazine.
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