Crime & Safety
Upper East Side Mom Grieves Daughter Killed In Hamas Attack: Report
The mourning mother told the Daily News that "part of me died with her."

UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — An Upper East Side mother lost her daughter, who was killed during the shocking attack by Hamas militants in Israel over the weekend, according to reports.
“Part of me died with her,” Hannie Richardo, 58, told the Daily News on Wednesday.
Her daughter, Oriya, who lived near Tel Aviv, was one of the over 250 people massacred at a music festival near the border with Gaza.
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“It’s just a massacre,” Richardo told the Daily News. “They came in to kill.”
Oriya's boyfriend found her body as he search for her on Tuesday near where the festival took place, the Daily News reported.
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“She had this smile that could melt a mountain of ice,” Richardo, who moved to New York City four years ago, said of her daughter.
Oriya worked at an insurance firm in Israel and never lived in New York, Richardo told the paper, but she did visit her mother.
“She was the best thing in the world,” Hannie Ricardo told the Daily News. “She had the best sense of humor. She was funny, and a happy girl.”
According to the Israeli government, the death toll from Hamas' devastating attack over the weekend has reached 1,200 people, most of whom were unarmed civilians.
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