Yuval Arad says she's deeply hurt
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Ron Arad's daughter says she's 'hurt and insulted'
Yuval Arad says her father cannot be declared dead just because his fate is unknown
Missing navigator Ron Arad's daughter, Yuval, says she is deeply hurt by the intention to call off the search for her father and declare him dead.
For the first time, Arad spoke about the report expected to be submitted by Hizbullah regarding her father's fate. "I was told that we're still looking for him," she said.
"You cannot declare that a person is dead just because you don't know his fate," Yuval Arad said in a monologue aired Friday evening by Channel 10 News.
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The missing airman's daughter also slammed an investigative report by Israeli daily Ma'ariv that claimed the State has exhausted all possible efforts to locate Arad.
"I looked at my father's photo next to my bed and I didn't know how to tell him" she said. "For a delusional moment he looked back at me and asked for forgiveness – he apologized for making things difficult for us and for costing us so much. He said that he really had no intention to waste so much money."
"I wasn't able to look at him, because I was ashamed," Yuval Arad said. "I was ashamed and insulted. I was insulted for him and for the State, and I was deeply hurt."
