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It was sombre and restrained, yet powerfully emotional.

The sombre mood outside the CasaSur Hotel reflects the grim nature of the news that has been emerging over the last 24 hours.

This summer Rami and Simon also took on the sombre task of digging graves for Be'eri's dead, who are only just being moved back to the kibbutz from cemeteries elsewhere in Israel.

Senior coroner Julie Goulding said the hearing was a “short, sombre and formal process” to allow criminal proceedings to continue "unfettered".

The speech, delivered to a hushed crowd, struck in parts a sombre tone and only once mentioned the name of his rival, President Joe Biden.