"She will be greatly missed": Farewell ceremony for the diplomat killed in Jerusalem - before she is laid to rest in the Czech Republic

A farewell ceremony was held at Ben Gurion Airport for Czech diplomat Klára Schneiderová, who was killed in a traffic accident in the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem. Her coffin was flown to the Czech Republic for burial. The Czech ambassador to Israel eulogized her: "She will be greatly missed by all of us."

A farewell ceremony was held this morning (Wednesday) at Ben Gurion Airport for Czech diplomat Klára Schneiderová, who was killed in a traffic accident in the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem on October 29. Schneiderová, 30, was the head of the Jerusalem branch of the Czech Embassy. The ceremony was attended by Czech Ambassador to Israel Veronika Kuchynová, embassy staff, head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs protocol Gil Haskel, and her friends. Her coffin departed on its final journey to the Czech Republic, where she will be laid to rest. The Czech ambassador said: "She will be greatly missed by all of us." Schneiderová's father served as the Czech ambassador to Israel in the late 1990s, and she grew up in Israel as a child and fell in love with the country. The day before the accident, she was presented at a festive event marking Czech National Day at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, where she spoke about the circle closing. The Czech Embassy expressed "deep sorrow" over the loss.