Esther Horgan’s friends after finding her body: “All her life she was holy for peace”

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But the morning (Monday) in Tal Menashe was heavy following the finding of the body of Tal Menashe resident, Esther Horgan, who was allegedly murdered on nationalist grounds.

Suspected murder in Samaria: Esther Horgan’s latest documentation // Photo: Preliminary documentation on the Telegram

In an interview with the GLC this morning, the chairman of the Bat Menashe local resilience team, Elazar Roth, shared that Horgan was a “hospitable woman, her whole life was sacred for peace and preservation of families. An aesthetic woman, who maintained sports activities, went to activities in a beautiful nature reserve here “With complete confidence that you will return home.”

“For people who love sports – running in the woods is quite routine,” he said. Roth added: “Her husband Benjamin told me, ‘We have been here 20 years, we will continue to be here, this is our place.’ The couple has six children, the youngest is 13, the others are older and some are married. Quality people, immigrants from France who came to Israel at a young age, Zionists, “A beautiful family. Hopefully with our support they will continue on their way and remember Esther Meirat HaPanim.”

Tal Menashe Secretariat Chairman Rotem Hania said of Horgan: “She is an amazing, brave, smiling woman, a marriage counselor. It was important for her to make peace between everyone here, artist. “

The political establishment, too, this morning expressed deep shock at the news of Horgan’s death. Intelligence Minister Eli Cohen offered his condolences to Horgan’s family, a mother of six, noting that it was a “difficult morning.” In a tweet posted on Twitter, the minister wrote: “I am confident that our security forces will get their hands on the human animal that committed the heinous crime. We must completely destroy the house from which the terrorist came out, in order to deter the next terrorist from committing another crime.”

Transport Minister Miri Regev said: “My heart is torn. The late Esther Horgan went for a run and did not return home to her family. It is a shocking and criminal act, a brutal and ruthless murder committed by a human animal. The Israel Police and the security forces will do whatever it takes to get their hands on those actually responsible. From heaven you will be comforted. “

The Minister of Economy and Industry and the chairman of the Labor Party, Amir Peretz, said: “It is a difficult morning. The murder of Esther Horgan, a mother of six, is shocking. I express my condolences to the family, and trust the security forces who will work in every way to reach out and punish the murderers and collaborators. “

Deputy Minister of Health Yoav Kish joined the comforters: “Esther Horgan, a mother of six, went for a run in the forest and did not return. There are no limits to cruelty and evil. The whole nation of Israel is in pain for the family. The name will be dummy.”

Among the political figures who commented on the shocking event was Coalition chairman Mickey Zohar, who wrote on Twitter: “Esther Horgan, mother of six, left her home yesterday without a second thought. She was brutally murdered, shed her blood just because she is Jewish. “Her family. We will come to terms with the murderers, we will not rest or be quiet until those responsible for this heinous murder pay the price.”

MK Nir Barkat said: “I send my condolences to the husband and six children of the late Esther Horgan who was killed in a brutal attack by the wronged. Our hearts go out to you and to the residents of Tal Menashe, Samaria and the entire settlement. I trust the IDF and the security forces. To the end with whoever committed this criminal act. “

Esther Horgan, whose body was found last night in the Reihan forest // Photo: Courtesy of the family

Right-wing chairman, MK Naftali Bennett, tweeted: “I am shocked and hurt by the brutal murder last night in Samaria of Esther Horgan, a mother of six near her home. It is inconceivable that a woman who goes out for routine sports activities does not return home, she does not return to her children. “Our confidence will soon reach the abominable killer. I send my condolences to the father of the family and the six children.”

MK Ayelet Shaked on the right wrote: “Mother went for a run in a nature reserve and was murdered. Esther Horgan, mother of six, was brutally murdered by a savage man. There is no consolation, no limit to cruelty and evil and no end to incitement against Jews in the Palestinian Authority. Security forces will lay hands on the heinous killers. The name will make a dummy. “

Former Meretz MK Zehava Gal-On tweeted: “The body of the late Esther Horgan was found with signs of violence in the West Bank, and the suspicion that she was murdered on nationalist grounds is growing. I hope the security forces will catch the perpetrator of this horrific murder, I wish her family would know no more sorrow. “

Former MK Shuli Mualem-Refaeli wrote that Horgan “was murdered with terrible cruelty. “Palestinian terrorism does not rest for a moment. Terrorism and supporters of terrorism must be cut off.”

The scene of Horgan’s body in the Shaked forest, this morning // Photo: Ehud Amiton, TPS

As allowed earlier in the publication, Horgan’s body She was found last night in the basil forest with signs of violence. The background to the incident is not yet known, and the police are currently examining all directions of the investigation – including murder on a nationalist background. Police and forensic investigators were called to the scene and began collecting findings and conducting investigative actions. According to a preliminary investigation of the incident, Horgan went for a run in the forest near her residence, where she was allegedly murdered.

Police said that following a report received tonight about Horgan’s absence, in the evening, volunteers from the Samaria-Jordan Valley Rescue Unit of the SJ District Police jumped in to search for the woman, but after hours of searching, the unit’s volunteers found the missing woman late at night. Haim: Military forces, Border Police, the dog unit, police forces and civilians participated in the searches.

The head of the Shomron Regional Council, Yossi Dagan, said of Horgan: “She was so full of kindness and helping people. How does a woman go out for a thin sporting activity from her home and be murdered by wrongdoers in such a cruel way? What evil do we face? You will never break For us, the settlement in Samaria will flourish and grow and be built together with the entire State of Israel. “

According to Dagan, Horgan left her home yesterday around 1:00 PM for a run in the woods. In the evening, after failing to contact her, her husband called the security forces. The scanning teams, including the Samaria Rescue Unit, volunteers from nearby localities, Rabshakehs, army and police scanning teams began searching for her. At around 1:00 at night, she was found lifeless.

MDA paramedics who arrived at the scene found Horgan’s death at the scene. Assaf Tapuhi, an MDA paramedic who arrived at the scene, said: “When we arrived, we were taken to a place where a 52-year-old woman was lying unconscious. “Without a pulse and without any signs of life and in a short time we had to determine her death.”

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