Sgt. Elad Shneor, who was killed on Friday, was buried this afternoon at the military cemetery in Ashdod. He was killed by a Hizbullah anti-tank missile while patrolling the northern border near the Har Dov area. Three other soldiers were wounded, lightly to moderately, in the attack. The IDF returned massive fire, causing damage to all the Hizbullah outposts in the area.
Sgt. Shneor\'s older sister, Aliza Elbaz, is a resident of N\'vei Dekalim. She told Arutz-7 today, \"My parents spent the last few weeks worrying in turn about me and my family here, and about Elad on the Lebanese border... He planned to be a high-ranking officer in the army, and would joke around, \'I will be known as Col. E, and you\'ll be able to identify me as the one with the yarmulke... He was always happy, never held a grudge, he was good-hearted, and everyone loved him for it... When he started the army, he informed us at the start that he would be a combat soldier, because that\'s how it has to be, and that\'s it...\"
Sgt. Shneor\'s older sister, Aliza Elbaz, is a resident of N\'vei Dekalim. She told Arutz-7 today, \"My parents spent the last few weeks worrying in turn about me and my family here, and about Elad on the Lebanese border... He planned to be a high-ranking officer in the army, and would joke around, \'I will be known as Col. E, and you\'ll be able to identify me as the one with the yarmulke... He was always happy, never held a grudge, he was good-hearted, and everyone loved him for it... When he started the army, he informed us at the start that he would be a combat soldier, because that\'s how it has to be, and that\'s it...\"