Abed Ziyadne

Bedouin truck driver was planning his wedding. Murdered by Hamas terrorists on Zikim Beach on October 7.

Abed Rahman Ziyadne, 26, of Rahat, was murdered by Hamas terrorists on the Zikim Beach on October 7.

He and his girlfriend, Yulia Chaban, were camping together along the beach when the Hamas attack began.

Yulia and Abed fled the site and tried to hide in sand dunes along the beach. Yulia send her family voice notes describing the chaos with the sounds of explosions and gunfire in the background.

The pair were both murdered near the beach by Hamas terrorists.

Abed was buried in Rahat. He is survived by his parents, Amal and Atef and his six siblings Nashat, Nadim, Alaa, Rawan, Bisan and Ismail.

Four of Abed’s relatives, Bilal, Aisha, Youssef and Hamza were kidnapped that day and taken captive in Gaza. Bilal and Aisha were freed in November 2023, while the bodies of Youssef and Hamza were recovered by the IDF in January 2025.

According to a state eulogy, Abed was the fourth oldest in the family, and grew up in Rahat, a Bedouin city north of Beersheba.

After finishing high school, Abed found work as a truck driver in the Beersheba area, and was hardworking and devoted, his loved ones said.

He and Yulia met in 2023 and fell in love, and they spent as much time as possible together, especially touring around Israel, visiting beaches and camping. The couple were planning to get married in early 2025.

A relative, Amir, told a local news site that Abed “worked on a truck and was a very likeable and humble person. He was planning to get married in a year and a half.”

When the family lost touch with him, Abed said, “we hoped he had been kidnapped, but the end was painful.”