A fallen Israeli soldier’s father claimed after his 19-year-old son was killed, Hamas terrorists tried to sell his decapitated head for $10,000 in Gaza.
David Tahar, father of former Israel Defense Forces Sergeant Adir Tahar, said Hamas abused the body of his teenage son after he was killed during their Oct. 7 surprise terror attack on Israel.
“The terrorists, the barbarians, it’s too little to say for them, they beheaded him and took the head to Gaza,” David told local Channel 14, according to i24 News.
“I did everything I could, it wasn’t easy, in the end, I got a body without a head,” he said, adding that the defense forces did not want him to view his son’s butchered body but he had insisted.
The grieving father said after his son’s body arrived at Mount Herzl, Israel’s national cemetery, he opened up his coffin to see for himself what had happened.
“He was unrecognizable. I identified him by dog tags and a DNA test and things he had in his pants,” David said.
For two months after, David worked endlessly to try and figure out what had happened to his son’s head.
To his horror, he eventually found a video posted to Telegram that provided him with answers.
“The Internet was flooded with horror videos. I must say that I saw almost everything, unfortunately, I found the video of my son, where you can see that my child is without this essential part of him,” he said.
Later on, David received official word that Hamas had tried to sell his son’s head, advertising it as a soldier’s head for $10,000, he told the station.
“It’s insanely barbaric,” he said.
Adir’s head was later found inside a freezer in Gaza, stashed inside a duffel bag with tennis balls and some documents, his father said.
“[There were] documents of some terrorist and a soldier’s head. They managed to bring what was left after two and a half months, it was probably abused there as well,” he said.
“We recovered the bones, what they found, tested DNA, also found teeth, and buried him,” he said, before adding, “It is an obvious miracle in my eyes that I can give him peace of mind and body. What we are currently trying to do is to have a memorial for Adir.”
The grieving father held a second burial for his son three weeks ago.