Singer Eyal Golan Hears Harrowing Account of Fallen Soldier Adir Tehar's Abuse

Singer Eyal Golan met with David Tehar, the father of fallen soldier Sergeant Adir Tehar, who shared the horrific details of his son's death and the subsequent desecration of his body. Adir Tehar, 19, a soldier in the Golani Brigade's 13th Battalion, was killed in combat near Kibbutz Erez approximately ten months into his military service. Hamas terrorists beheaded him and abducted his body to the Gaza Strip.

David Tehar recounted to Golan the agonizing moment he identified his son's body, which had been returned months later by IDF forces. "I opened the coffin, I opened the shrouds," he said, describing the severe dismemberment. "Many parts were missing. These are the hardest minutes for a father, to see his son lying like that lifeless. He was unrecognizable." He also described how a doll's head was placed in his son's coffin.

During the emotional meeting, documented for a special remembrance project by "Israel Entertainment" marking three years since the October 7th attacks, David Tehar shared that his son was a great admirer of Eyal Golan's music. "He really loved you, incredibly," the father told the singer. They sang lines from Golan's song "How in the Heavens" together.

David Tehar expressed gratitude to Golan for his support of bereaved families and for waving the Israeli flag at his concerts. "You don't understand what you do to me as a bereaved father when you give people your flag and show it," he stated. Golan, visibly moved, embraced the father, saying it was the least he and his colleagues could do, "Thanks to your son, of blessed memory, we are here."