‘Broken’ Brit dad of twins, 12, murdered by Hamas could only bury daughter’s toys as ‘not enough body fragments’ found
A DEVASTATED father of 12-year-old twins who were killed in the October 7 Hamas attacks couldn't bury his daughter as "not enough body fragments were found".
Gavin Heller, who lives in North London, said the "unfathomable, unimaginable, unspeakable has happened to my gorgeous children."
Yannai and Liel Hetzroni-Heller were murdered during Hamas attack on the Kibbutz Be'eri.
The twins were raised in Israel by their great-aunt who also died in the attack.
The pair were held hostage by Hamas gunmen in a building that caught fire during a stand-off with Israeli forces, reported Israeli media.
In a statement issued through the Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism Command, which is supporting UK-based relatives of those killed or kidnapped during the attack, Mr Heller said: "I am utterly devastated by the news of my children's deaths in Israel; it has broken me.
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"Yannai and Liel had their entire lives ahead of them, but they were cruelly and brutally murdered. My life will never be the same.
"There are no words that can ever or will ever explain this pain and brutality.
"The unfathomable, unimaginable, unspeakable has happened to my gorgeous children, and the world has turned against humanity."
Yannai and his great-aunt were buried at a ceremony on November 15 with Liel's toys also buried in the absence of her body.
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Days later some of her remains were identified.
Mr Heller said: " Liel wasn't even buried as there weren't enough fragments of her."
The heartbroken father also added he was "horrified" and said his children were "violently murdered by a terrorist; all because they were Jewish".
"Lives have been torn apart in the worst way.
"Too few moments were shared with them and I cannot believe this is how their story ends.
"I will forever hold my precious Yannai and Liel in my heart," he said.
A total of 240 hostages are being held in Gaza, including at least 30 children, according to the Israeli Embassy.
But the hopes of their return spark as Israel revealed the date hostage release will start.
Under the truce agreement, 50 captives are due to be released, and the first 12 will be freed tomorrow.
But the names of the hostages being released are unknown.
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