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He had a private funeral in the Los Angeles area, followed by a public memorial in Toronto that prompted a national outpouring of grief in Canada.

She and her husband moved four months ago to the city of Sderot — a 20-minute drive away — so as to be near their daughter’s memorial.

The Israeli government delayed official memorials until 16 October - after the end of the Jewish High Holiday season - but events still took place across the country on Tuesday.

Though it is hard to carry on without his family, he says he doesn't need memorial days to remember them.

It is a quiet town surrounded by World War One memorials and by the tall coal slag heaps that litter this stretch of northern France.