A Hamas terrorist allegedly tried to sell the head of a dead Israeli soldier of $10,000 US, according to the
Jewish News Syndicate via the National Post.
The father of Sgt. Adir Tahar, 19, says he was told by Israeli interrogators that his son’s head was put up for sale after he was killed and decapitated during a long battle with Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, the day the Palestinian terror group invaded Israel. One of two captured Hamas fighters being interrogated admitted trying to sell Tahar’s head, the report says.
Tahar’s body was reportedly identified through DNA testing, his dog tags and items found in his uniform pockets. His father said his son was “filled with shrapnel” and missing his head.
“The terrorists, the barbarians, it’s too little to say for them, they beheaded him and took the head to Gaza,” David Tahar told local Channel 14, according to i24 News. “It’s insanely barbaric.”
After burying his headless son the first time — two funerals were held — David Tahar began searching for the rest of Adir’s remains. After two months, a select IDF unit, acting on information from the interrogators, found Adir’s head in a freezer in an ice cream shop in Gaza City, in a duffel bag with tennis balls and terrorist documents.
Discovery of the head was “a miracle,” according to his father. A second funeral was held after the head was found and reunited with Adir’s body.
“It is an obvious miracle in my eyes that I can give him peace of mind and body,” David Tahar said. “What we are currently trying to do is to have a memorial for Adir.”
David Tahar said he would set up a centre for at-risk children in Israel to keep his son’s memory alive.
“It was Adir’s way — to bring together and help those who were less fortunate,” David said, according to the JewishNews Syndicate.
