fallen soldier
![Palestine Square](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=700/2024/01/17/c972ccc0-b527-11ee-adaf-d9320ff81fe5__h331_w650.jpeg)
The father of the late soldier Sergeant Adir Tahar z"l, told about the abuse of his son's body by the terrorist organization Hamas in the attack of October 7: "One of the terrorists tried to sell his head for 10 thousand dollars".
![Meiron Moshe Gersch HY"D](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/01/03/f8ebcbc0-aa12-11ee-8c05-7fe1aa7dfba1__h331_w650.webp)
Israel - Gaza War
Sgt. First-class Meiron Moshe, 21 years old, Petach Tikva, a fighter in the Yahalom unit, Combat Engineering Corps, fell in battle in the north of the Gaza Strip. This brought the number of IDF fallen soldiers in the war to 509.
![Eliraz Gabai, HY"D](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/12/31/aa71ba80-a7c5-11ee-8c05-7fe1aa7dfba1__h211_w157.webp)
Israel - Gaza War
It was allowed to be published that Sgt. Major (res.) Eliraz Gabai from Petah Tikva fell in battle in the Gaza Strip. His funeral will be held today at 14:00. This brought the number of victims to 505 since the beginning of the war.
![Shauli Greenlick in a Last Hug From Mom](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/12/27/e03c2af0-a4a6-11ee-8c05-7fe1aa7dfba1__h331_w650.jpeg)
Last Hug From Mom
Capt. Shaul Greenglick, who fell yesterday in the Gaza Strip, was caught on camera in a long and strong embrace by his mother, while in the background his brothers and family members play and sing a song.
![Sgt. first class Joseph Gitarts, HY"D.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/12/26/0f644400-a3c8-11ee-adaf-d9320ff81fe5__h331_w650.webp)
Israel At War
In addition to Elisha Yehonatan Lober, which was published yesterday, the IDF permitted the publication of another soldier who was killed yesterday in a battle in the southern Gaza Strip Sgt. First class (resp.) Joseph Gitarts, 25 years old, from Tel Aviv, an armored fighter in the 7029th Battalion, 'Ram' formation (179) was killed yesterday in a battle in the southern Gaza Strip.
![St.-Sgt. Roy Elias, HY"D.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/12/24/48f06ab0-a246-11ee-adaf-d9320ff81fe5__h331_w650.jpg)
Israel - Gaza War
The IDF has authorized the release of the name of Sergeant Roy Elias, 21 years old from Tzofar, who was killed in the fighting in the Gaza Strip.
![Sergeant First Class (res.) Tal Shua, Lieutenant Shai Ayeli](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/12/22/17575900-a0b1-11ee-adaf-d9320ff81fe5__h479_w850.png)
Israel - Gaza War
The names of two IDF fallen soldiers: Lt. Shai Ayeli from Ashkelon and Lt. Col. Tal Shua from Be'er Sheva.
![Joseph Avner Doran HY"D](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/12/17/844cf140-9cb6-11ee-9a03-69bb9c71f7c0__h331_w650.webp)
Israel - Gaza War
The IDF allows the publication that Major (Ret.) Joseph Avner Doran, 26 years old from Jerusalem, was killed in battle in the northern Gaza Strip. He fought as part of the Operational Mobility Unit and served as a designated collection fighter in the Shayetet 13.
![Tzvika Lavi HY"D](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/12/12/257142e0-98e0-11ee-8e6a-8375fec8ebd5__h331_w650.jpg)
Israel - Gaza War, Tzvika Lavi HY"D
Two weeks after he was mortally wounded in the battle in the Gaza Strip, and was unconscious, this evening Major Tzvika Lavi (Levi) from the settlement of Eli died of his wounds, leaving behind a wife and three children.
![Netanyahu offering condolences](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/11/16/f3335a40-84b5-11ee-8c78-a91dcb9f8533__h331_w650.jpg)
Netanyahu Comforted
The Netanyahu couple arrived today for the first time since the beginning of the fighting, to comfort mourners at the family home of the late Shaldag fighter Major Moshe Yedidya Leiter, who fell in Gaza. Netanyahu promised the late Moshe's father: "Hamas will be defeated."