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Israeli learns grandmother murdered from photo Hamas posts on Facebook

“My grandmother. My whole world. The light of my life,” wrote Mor Bayder.

Kibbutz Nir Oz. Source: Screenshot.
Kibbutz Nir Oz. Source: Screenshot.
Kibbutz Nir Oz. Source: Screenshot.
Kibbutz Nir Oz. Source: Screenshot.

At 7 a.m. on Saturday, Mor Bayder saw a horrifying photo on her grandmother’s Facebook page.

A Hamas terrorist had broken into her grandmother’s house in kibbutz Nir Oz, murdered her, and then took a picture on her phone and uploaded it to her Facebook page.

“This is how we found out,” Bayder wrote. “My grandmother. My whole world. The light of my life.”

“Yet another example of Palestinian barbarity and cruelty,” wrote Michael Freund, chairman of Shavei Israel.

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