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In Memory of Israel’s Fallen Heroes Z”L In Memory of Israel’s Fallen Heroes Z”L First Sergeant Eitan Barak, 20, served in the Nahal Brigade. He Staff Sergeant Bnaya Rubel, 20, served in the Paratroopers Sergeant Shon Mondshine, 19, was a combat soldier in the was killed on Friday, July 18, by gunfire in the northern Gaza 101st Battalion. He was killed on Friday, July 19, after a violent Golani Brigade. Captain Tsvi Kaplan, 28, was an operations officer in the Golani Strip. Barak was pronounced dead at the Barzilai Medical Center encounter with a terrorist who had infiltrated Israel through a Brigade. He was a member of the reconnaissance platoon. He in Ashkelon. He was killed on Sunday, July 20, when his APC was hit by an tunnel. died in Gaza during a firefight on Sunday, July 20. He was antitank missile in Gaza. Barak was the first soldier to lose his life in Operation Protective supposed to become a company commander in the Golani Ada Rubel spoke at her son’s funeral, saying: “There are no Edge. He was from Herzliya. Brigade within a few months. words to describe the loss we feel today. We so waited for your He leaves behind his parents, brother and sister. Mondshine was return, and instead the messengers came.” Rubel was from from Tel Aviv. Kaplan is survived by his wife and two sons. They lived together in Major Amotz Greenberg, 45, served in the reserve corps. He was Holon. Kibbutz Merav on Mount Gilboa. killed on Saturday, July 19, during an attempted terror attack by Hamas gunmen who entered Israel through tunnels. He Staff Sergeant Gilad Rozenthal Yacoby, 21, was a combat soldier volunteered to perform his reserve duty, as he had already aged Staff Sergeant Shachar Tase, 20, served in the Golani Brigade. out of mandatory service. Greenberg is survived by three Staff Sergeant Oren Simcha Noach, 22, served in the Golani in the Golani Brigade. He was killed in Gaza on Sunday, July 20 Tase died when the APC he was in was hit by an antitank missile children ages 7, 12, and 15. Ori Greenberg’s last words to his Brigade. He was killed on Sunday, July 20, when the APC he and during a firefight. on Sunday, July 20. father at his funeral included, “Once you only seemed like his squad were traveling in was caught in an antitank ambush in Yacoby is survived by his parents and two sisters. Superman; now you are Superman.” Shejaiya. As his coffin was lowered into the ground, his mother called out “No, it’s not you. It’s not you, my Shachar.” He was from Kiryat Ono. He lived with his family in Hod HaSharon. Noach lived in Hoshaya from the age of 13. He is survived by his parents, two brothers, and one sister. He leaves behind his parents and two brothers. Tase was from Pardesiya. Staff Sergeant Oz Mendelovich, 21, was a combat soldier in the Golani Brigade, who became a staff sergeant a few days ago. He Seargent Adar Barsano, 20, served in the Armoured Corps. was a member of the reconnaissance platoon. He died on Barsano was killed on Saturday July 19 during an attempted Sunday, July 20, during a firefight in Gaza. Sergeant Ben Itzhak Oanounou, 19, served in the Golani terror attack by Hamas terrorists who infiltrated into Israel Staff Sergeant Max Steinberg, 24, served in the Golani Brigade. Brigade. He was killed in a battle in Sajaiyeh on Sunday, July 20. through tunnels. He died in action in Gaza in Sunday, July 20. Steinberg was a Prior to his son’s death, Ofer Mendelovich spoke to Army Radio about Oz, “From the moment Oz was born he lived and breathed Oanounou had just enlisted a few months ago and had lost 40 lone soldier from Los Angeles; he did not have Israeli citizenship “He was a hero and died as a hero…our hearts are broken” green and yellow,” the colors of Golani. kilograms in order to do so. Thousands attended his funeral. and was volunteering in the IDF. The consul general of Israel in childhood friend Bar Schapps said, Barsano was from Nahariya. Los Angeles, David Siegel, was quoted in the Los Angeles Daily Mendelovich is survived by his parents and two siblings. He was He was from Ashdod, where he lived with his parents, two News as saying “Max was a real hero, a real hero of his people, from Atzmon. brothers, and sister. of our country.” Thirty-thousand people came to his funeral in Jerusalem at Mount Herzl, the military cemetery in Jerusalem. In Staff Sergeant Nissim Sean Carmeli, 21, served in the Golani Israel, Steinberg lived in Beersheba. Second Lieutenant Bar Rahav, 21, served in the Combat Brigade. He was killed on Saturday, July 19 when the APC he was Engineering Corps. Rahav’s vehicle was hit by an antitank in was hit by an antitank weapon. Staff Sergeant Daniel Pomerantz, 20, served in the Golani missile that was fired by terrorists in the central Gaza Strip. He Brigade. He died early morning Sunday, July 20, when the APC Major Tzafrir Baror, 32, was a commanding officer in the Golani Carmeli immigrated to Israel from Texas while in high school. died of his wounds on Saturday, July 19. he was in was hit by an antitank missile in Gaza. Brigade. He was killed in a firefight in Gaza on Sunday, July 20. After graduating he stayed in Israel and enlisted. Ynet reported Baror had served in conflicts in Lebanon, Gaza, and the West Rahav came from Ramat Yishai and is survived by his parents, Mako reported that a friend from school, Sapir Idan, said of that Rabbi Asher Hecht, co-director of Chabad of the Rio Grande Bank. two brothers, and a sister. Valley, said that Sean “had great energy, yet had a kind and Pomerantz: “He was funny and had a heart of gold. He always knew that he wanted to be a combat soldier and he had great He is survived by his wife, who is eight months pregnant, and a gentle soul.” Estimates are that 20,000 people arrived at his motivation to enlist to combat.” 1-year-old daughter. funeral to say goodbye to the lone soldier. While in Israel, he lived in Raanana. Pomerantz was from Kfar Azar. Baror lived in Rehovot with his family. Sergeant Nadav Goldmacher, 23, served as part of a unit from Sgt. Oron Shaul, 20, is classified as missing. The fate of Shaul, a Staff Sergeant Moshe Malko, 20, served in the Golani Brigade. He Sergeant First Class Oded Ben Sira, 22, served in the Nahal Bahad 1, an IDF officer training base. He was part of a force resident of Poriya near Tiberias, remains unknown, and the IDF is was killed on Sunday, July 20 during fighting in the Shejaiya Brigade. He was killed on Monday July 21st by sniper fire. Ben responding to terrorists infiltrating into Israel on Monday, July 21 working intensively to find answers. neighborhood of Gaza City. Sira finished his conscripted army service while in Gaza. when he was killed by an antitank missile. A spokeswoman for Oron’s family, Racheli Gazit, said on Tuesday Malko is survived by his parents and siblings. He is survived by his parents and five siblings. Goldmacher was from Beersheba. that the family will believe Shaul is alive until they are definitively He was from Nir Etzion. He was from Jerusalem. told otherwise. “As long as the identification process hasn’t finished, and there Staff Sergeant Jordan Bensemhoun, 22, served in the Golani are no unequivocal findings, he is still alive in the family’s eyes,” Brigade. His died on Sunday, July 20 when an antitank missile hit the she said. vehicle he was in. Second Lieutenant Yuval Haiman, 21, was a combat soldier Lt. Paz Eliyahu, 22, from Kibbutz Evron, a Paratroopers officer, Bensemhoun immigrated to Israel from Lyon, France, six years ago from Bahad 1, an IDF officer training base. He was killed by an Non-Commissioned Officer Ohad Shemesh, 27, was a reserve was killed when an explosive detonated near his position on July and enlisted in 2012. antitank missile when responding to terrorists infiltrating into soldier in a paratrooper unit. He died on Monday, July 21 in a 23, 2014. He is survived by his parents and two sisters. While in Israel, he lived Israel on Monday, July 21. clash between his unit and gunmen in Khan Yunis in Gaza. in Ashkelon. His family has asked for privacy during this difficult time. Haiman was from Efrat. Shemesh was from Beit Elazari. Staff Sergeant Yuval Dagan, 22, served in the Golani Brigade. He died in a firefight in Gaza on Monday, July 21. St.-Sgt. Li Mat, 19, from Eilat, a Paratroopers soldier, was killed Staff Sergeant Avitar Moshe Torjamin, 20, served in the when an explosive detonated near his position on July 23, 2014. Dagan leaves behind his parents and a brother. Paratroops. He was killed on Tuesday, July 22, during an Sergeant-Major Bayhesain Kshaun, 39, was a combat soldier in exchange of fire with terrorists in the Gaza Strip. Torjamin was He was from Kfar Saba. the Northern Gaza Territorial Brigade. He died on Monday, July released from the army two weeks ago but returned for the 21 when an antitank missile was fired at forces responding to operation in Gaza. terrorists infiltrating into Israel. He is survived by his parents and three siblings. Torjamin was He is survived by his three children and his wife, who is nine from Beit She’an.
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