The IDF announced the deaths of three soldiers during combat in northern Gaza today.
The fallen soldiers are identified as Captain Ilay Gavriel Atedgi, 22, from Kiryat Motzkin; Staff Sergeant Netanel Pessach, 21, from Elazar; and Sergeant First Class (res.) Hillel Diener, 21, from Talmon. All were members of the Kfir Brigade’s Shimshon Battalion.
Preliminary military investigations indicate the soldiers were killed by an explosive device in the Beit Hanoun area.
So far, 391 Israelis have lost their lives in the ongoing ground offensive against Hamas in Gaza and operations near the border, a toll that includes a police officer involved in a hostage rescue and a Defense Ministry contractor.
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Endless religious soldiers dying. Thousands and thousands more having to be away from their yeshivos and jobs and families for month after month after month. And yet so many readers of this website are convinced that the only reason people want charedim to serve in the army is that they hate Torah. No other conceivable reason.
@Nosson Nota – of course – after all, it’s not like they’re “really” Frum, right? They’re only Dati Leumi – that “mix of a little bit of Yiddishkeit with a whole bunch of Avosa Zara”, to quote some of the resident trolls here.
איך נפלו גיבורים – these soldiers are the best of Klal Yisrael, combining a love of Torah and Mitzvos with a love of and achrayus for Klal Yisrael. How many future leaders have we lost???
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