fallen soldiers

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Staff Sergeant Nisim Kachlon fell in battle in Gaza

Kachlon, 21 from Hadera, served as a combat soldier in the 435th Battalion of the Givati Brigade.

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Staff Sergeant Lior Raviv fell in battle in Gaza

Staff Sergeant Lior Raviv, who served in the 932nd Battalion of the Nahal Brigade, fell in battle in the northern Gaza Strip.

Binyamin shooting attack:

SFC Ilay David Garfinkel was killed in shooting attack

A day after a deadly terror attack, IDF names soldier killed in battle to eliminate terrorist. Other officers and soldiers were injured in the attack.

New law to recognize fiancees as relatives of fallen

Those engaged to the fallen will be eligible for various benefits, with a total estimated value of several hundred thousand shekels.

Reserve officer Sebastian Haion, 51, fell in Gaza

Warrant Officer (res.) Sebastian Haion from Rosh Ha'ayin fell in battle in northern Gaza, IDF says.

World Mizrachi CEO at son's funeral:

'Humanitarian issue would end if hostages returned'

Rabbi Doron Perez addresses US and free world at funeral of his son Captain Daniel Perez, who was murdered and kidnapped on Oct. 7. 'Time for world to say humanitarian crisis is Hamas's responsibility.'

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Funeral held for Cpt. Daniel Perez

The IDF on Sunday announced that it determined that Daniel was killed in action on October 7th and that Hamas was holding his body. Daniel was the son of Rabbi Doron Perez, the CEO of the World Mizrachi movement.

Matan from Jerusalem fell in battle in northern Gaza

Staff Sergeant Matan Vinogradov, 20, from Jerusalem, served in the 932nd Battalion of the Nahal Brigade.

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Cpt. Daniel Perez killed on 10/7, body held by Hamas

Daniel Perez, 22 from Yad Binyamin, served as a platoon commander in the 78th Battalion of the 7th Formation. His body is currently being held hostage by Hamas. A funeral is being planned for tomorrow, to be followed by Shiva.

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Body of US citizen SGT Itay Chen held by Hamas

Chen, aged 19 when he fell, served as a combat soldier in the 75th Battalion of the Saar Hagolan (7th) formation.

MDA mourns fallen volunteer

IDF Officer and MDA Volunteer Maj. (Res.) Amishar Ben David fell in battle over the weekend. 'He cared for the dozens of volunteers as though they were his children.'

Heartbreaking:

Fallen soldier's sons recite Kaddish prayer

Major (res.) Amishar Ben David was laid to rest in Jerusalem. His father eulogized: 'You went up from the lower army to the army of heaven.'

'A heart of gold'

SFC Michael Gal fell in battle in the Gaza Strip

Gal, 29, from Jerusalem, served in the fire support company of the Bislamach Brigade's 450th Battalion.

Major (res.) Amishar Ben David killed in Gaza

IDF soldier Amishar Ben David was killed in action in Gaza over Shabbat. He is the eighteenth student from the Eli premilitary academy in Samaria to fall in this war.

Staff Sergeant David Sasson fell in battle in Gaza

Staff Sergeant David Sasson, a 21-year-old resident of Ganot Hadar, was killed in battle in the southern Gaza Strip.

Dennis from Be'er Sheva fell in battle in Gaza

Sergeant Major (res.) Dennis Yekimov, age 33 from Be'er Sheva, fell in battle in Gaza, IDF says.

Son born to fallen soldier

'Yedidya had always accompanied me during births'

The widow of a fallen IDF soldier says that she will continue to be strong for the sake of their two daughters and newborn son. 'I thank God that we could build our family before we were separated.'

IDF spokesman on soldiers' deaths:

'Two explosive devices detonated in the building'

IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari responds to incident in Khan Yunis which left three IDF soldiers dead and 14 injured.

Three IDF soldiers killed in battle in Gaza

Sergeant Dolev Malka, Sergeant Inon Itzhak, and Sergeant Afik Tery were killed in battle with Hamas terrorists, IDF spokesman says.

Widow of fallen soldier gives birth to son

Meitar Eliyahu, widow of fallen reservist Sergeant First Class (res.) Eliyahu who was killed three months ago in Gaza, gave birth to the couple's third child and first son.

Watch: Bereaved sister fumes at leftist protesters

Rotem Greenglick, whose brother Shauli was killed in Gaza, chastises anti-Israel protesters: 'Gazans not worthy of mercy so long as our hostages are being held by barbarians who have lost all semblance of humanity.'

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Two soldiers fell in battle in Gaza

IDF Spokesperson's Unit clears for publication that Major Iftah Shahar and Captain Itai Seif fell in battle in the northern Gaza Strip. Seven soldiers seriously injured.

Fallen soldier's legacy:

The legacy of this Jerusalem school principal

Yossi Hershkowitz, who fell in Gaza, leaves a legacy with his students. 'Thank you Yossi for educating us. Thank you for making us who we are. Thank you for being our father, friend and principal. '

Rabbi's great-grandson named after his fallen son

Rabbi Benny Kalmanson choked with tears as he called out the name of his new great-grandson, named after his son who was killed in Gaza.

Sergeant Oz Daniel was murdered in 7/10 massacre

Sergeant Oz Daniel was murdered on October 7; his body is still held captive by Hamas.

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Staff Sergeant Ido Eli Zrihen fell in battle in Gaza

Staff Sergeant Ido Eli Zrihen, 20, from Jerusalem, fell in battle in the southern Gaza Strip. He served in the Givati Brigade.

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Staff sergeant Nerya Belete fell in battle in Gaza

Staff sergeant Nerya Belete, 21, from Shavei Shomron, fell in battle in the southern Gaza Strip. An officer and two soldiers were seriously injured.

Major Eyal Shuminov fell in battle in Gaza

Major Eyal Shuminov, 24 years old from Karmiel, fell in battle in northern Gaza, IDF says.

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Staff sergeant Abraham Wovagen fell in Gaza

Staff sergeant Abraham Wovagen, 21, from Netanya, fell in battle in the northern Gaza Strip. Three other soldiers injured.

Bereaved Father:

'We were given a gift, to be able to say goodbye'

Eitan Morell, father of fallen soldier Maoz Morell, to Arutz Sheva: 'It gives me a small measure of comfort, even though I know it doesn't really make a difference, to know that he fell in battle. He was fighting. That does give me some comfort.'

Paratrooper succumbs to wounds sustained in combat

Staff sergeant Maoz Morell, of Talmon in the Binyamin region, has died of wounds sustained while fighting in southern Gaza.

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Staff sergeant Simon Shlomov fell in Gaza

Staff sergeant Simon Shlomov, 20, from Kiryat Bialik, fell in battle in the southern Gaza Strip on Sunday.

Killed in terror attack:

Sergeant First Class (res.) Ori Yaish

Sergeant First Class (res.) Ori Yaish, from Modi'in, was killed in the terror attack at the Re'em Junction.

Staff sergeant Noam Haba fell in southern Gaza

Staff sergeant Noam Haba, 20, from Jerusalem, fell in battle in southern Gaza. Several soldiers injured, including one seriously.

SSgt. Rotem Sahar-Hadar fell in battle in Gaza

Staff Sergeant Sahar-Hadar, a soldier in the Paratroopers Brigade Reconnaissance Unit, was killed in a confrontation with terrorists near the Nasser Hospital. Several additional soldiers were wounded.

St. Sgt. Omer Sarah Benjo killed in missile barrage

Benjo, 20 from Ge'a, served as a combat intelligence coordinator in the 869th Battalion of the Galil Formation.

Three reservists fell in battle in Gaza

IDF Spokesperson’s Unit clears for publication that Lt. Col. (res.) Netanel Yaacov Elkouby, Capt. (res.) Yair Cohen and Sergeant first class (res.) Ziv Chen were killed in battle in Gaza.

Two soldiers fell in battle in Gaza

Sergeant first class Adi Eldor and Sergeant first class (res.) Alon Kleinman fell in battle in southern Gaza.

'He wasn't supposed to be in the IDF'

Friends and family eulogize soldier who died of infected wounds.

Israeli TV show pays tribute to fallen soldier

Season finale of Channel 12’s “Rising Star” pays tribute to Captain (res.) Shaul Greenglick, who auditioned for the show and then quit in order to fight in Gaza.

Major David Shakuri fell in battle in Gaza

The IDF cleared for publication that Major David Shakuri, 30, of Rehovot, was killed in battle in northern Gaza, raising the number of fallen soldiers in Gaza to 226.

In fallen soldiers' memory:

Tiberias first responders get new equipment

‘In your blood you shall live’: Five defibrillators donated in memory of Tiberias fallen soldiers.

Bereaved father: Let the IDF win

Itzik Fitoussi demanded the government act to continue fighting in Gaza, stresses, 'We support the leaders and demand Hamas be destroyed from its roots.'

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Shimon Yehoshua Asulin fell in Gaza

Major General (res.) Shimon Yehoshua Asulin, 24, from Beit Shemesh, was killed on Saturday in a battle in the south of the Gaza Strip.

'The Bar Kokhva of modern day Israel'

Major (res.) Yitzhar Hofman laid to rest

Major (res.) Yitzhar Hofman (36), a hero of the battle at Kibbutz Be’eri, killed in combat in northern the Gaza Strip, was laid to rest at the Har Herzl military ceremony.

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Maj. Yitzhar Hofman from Ashchar fell in battle

Hofman, 36, was a company commander in the Shaldag Unit. He fell in battle in the northern Gaza Strip. He left behind his parents, siblings, his wife, Zohar, and two children.

Three soldiers fell in battle in Gaza

Warrant officer (res.) Yuval Nir from Kfar Etzion, Capt. (res.) Gavriel Shani from Yakir in Samaria, and Major (res.) Netzer Simchi from Masad in the north, fell in Gaza. Five soldiers seriously injured.

Gush Etzion Regional Council :

Sergeant Major Yuval Nir fell in battle in Gaza

Yuval leaves behind his wife Ayala and five children. His parents Amos and Letzi Nir are residents of Migdal Oz, Gush Etzion.

Bereaved family welcomes new son

The family of fallen soldier Amitai Zvi Granot welcomed a new son today in a festive ceremony in the Yeshiva directed by Amitai's father.

'There is brotherhood here'

Prime Minister consoles family of Bedouin soldier

Prime Minister Netanyahu visited the family of fallen Bedouin soldier Ahmad Abu Latif and urged the nation to adopt Ahmad's value of unity.

Bereaved Mother:

'We must believe that our story has a happy ending'

Sarit Zussman, mother of Ben, who fell in battle in Gaza: 'Our insistence on life compels us to choose the good and rein in the Israeli spirit that pulsates through all of us.'

During the week of mourning:

Sfez family plant a tree in memory of son Elkana

During the Shiva week of mourning: Family of Elkana Yehuda Sfez, killed in the building tragedy in Gaza, planted an olive tree in his memory outside their home in Kiryat Arba.

Bedouin fallen soldier's family:

'Not one Arab MK has visited'

The family of a Bedouin soldier killed in the Gaza building collapse noticed one group in particular missing from the many who came to console them.

IDF: Eliran, 36, fell in battle in Gaza

Sergeant major (res.) Eliran Yeger, of Tel Aviv, fell in battle in Gaza.

Nicholas thwarted terror attacks - then fell in Gaza

Nicholas Berger is the youngest casualty in the collapse of the buildings in Gaza. His uncle paid tribute to him while wrapped in a Givati flag: 'You are a true hero, you saved lives.'

Don’t call it a disaster: Tribute to Israel's fallen

Mourn, but with your head held high. Weep, but be filled with pride.

Fallen soldier's final letter:

'Maybe I fell in battle, don't be sad'

MSG (res.) Rabbi Elkana Vizel wrote a letter to his family in case something happened to him. 'If I am taken prisoner by Hamas I demand that you do not make any deal to free me from any terrorist.'

Tragedy in Gaza:

21 reservists fell in the southern Gaza Strip

The names of the fallen have been cleared for publication, and the other families have been notified. 556 soldiers have fallen since the start of the war, 221 of them in maneuvers in Gaza.

Fallen Bedouin soldier:

'Hamas makes no distinction between Jew and Arab'

Sergeant First Class (res.) Ahmad Abu Latif, 26, from Rahat, said that the Bedouin community was part of Israel and determined to fight Hamas.

IDF spokesman:

'Buildings rigged to explode collapsed on soldiers'

IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari reveals initial details of the explosion that killed 21 IDF soldiers in Gaza.