Orr leaves behind two older brothers and one younger sister, Ynet reported. Katz received a certificate of distinction twice during his military service.
Captain Roi Nahary was one of the 12 active and reserve soldiers who fell on October 9, following another dozen who had fallen the previous day, and 284 who fell on the infamous Oct. 7, 2023.
“There is no one prouder than I to lead fighters in the hope of completing our mission,” Oster stated in a video he sent to his family before entering Lebanon.
The stories of fallen IDF soldiers Yosef Malachi Guedalia, Dekel Suisa, and Aviad and Erez Deri – and those who mourned them at Mount Herzl military cemetery, months and years later.
Gideon and his family are part of the Bnei Menashe community, which claims to be part of the ten tribes exiled before the Second Temple's destruction.
Ceremonies should unite all Israelis to come together and remember October 7. What is the point if there is a need to prerecord the ceremony and hold it without the public?
At Ze’ev Jabotinsky’s memorial, President Herzog reassured Israelis of military readiness and strong alliances amid rising threats from Iran.
We Israelis need to remember that regardless of our informality, our losses are no less traumatic, and our flag no less symbolic.
The holiday, which this year fell on June 3, commemorates the victims of the Holocaust and the allied rescue of the Jewish survivors from occupied Europe.
From the beginning, the goal of the National Cemetery was to be "the largest and most magnificent in the country."
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