Parents of 7-Year-Old Hallel Mordechai Dadon Speak Out After His Brutal Murder in Beit Shemesh

The parents of Hallel Mordechai Dadon, a seven-and-a-half-year-old boy from Beit Shemesh who was brutally murdered by his neighbor in an inflatable pool in their backyard, shared their grief with i24NEWS. The father, Amos Dadon, expressed his pain, saying, "God entrusted him to us for seven and a half years and we thank Him. This was not a dispute or anything; it happened suddenly." The mother, Tamar Dadon, recounted feeling something was wrong that morning. She described how Hallel gave her an unusually long hug before leaving, not realizing it would be their last. She tearfully said, "Someone took control and murdered my child." She remembered her son as a sweet, smiling boy, affectionately calling him "Smiley" because of his always happy face.