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March 21, 2012 10:27
Mourners in a funeral procession for the victims of the Jewish school shootings

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Jennifer Lipman,

Jennifer Lipman

1 min read

The funerals of the four victims of the shootings at a Jewish school in France on Monday have been held in Jerusalem.

Thousands of mourners gathered in the city to mark the tragic deaths of Rabbi Jonathan Sandler Rabbi, his two young sons and seven-year-old Miriam Monsonego.

Rabbi Sandler's wife has said she will stay in Israel with her unborn child, rather than return to the family home in Toulouse.

Israeli's Knesset speaker, Reuven Rivlin, addressed mourners at the funeral. He said:. "The Jewish people face wild and insatiable animals, wild animals made crazy by their hatred."