Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Israel Hamas War - 64 IDF Soldiers Who Gave Their Lives To Protect Israel

Sec.-Lt. Hadar Goldin, 23, of Kfar Saba, was killed in battle in Gaza on August 1.


Major Benaya Sarel, 26, of Kiryat Arba, an officer in the Givati Brigade was killed on August 1 during
clashes with terrorists in southern Gaza.

St.-Sgt. Liel Gidoni, 20, of Jerusalem, a soldier in the Givati Brigade was killed on August 1 during clashes with terrorists in southern Gaza.


Sergeant First Class (res.) Daniel Marash, 22,
 of Rishon Lezion, a reservist combat soldier in the Armored Corps was killed in a Hamas mortar attack in the Eshkol region on July 31, 2014.


Capt. (res.) Liran Adir (Edry), 31, 
of Ezuz, a reservist combat soldier in the Armored Corps was killed in a Hamas mortar attack in the Eshkol region on July 31, 2014. 



St.-Sgt. Noam Rosenthal, 20, 
of Meitar. a combat soldier in the Armored Corps was killed in a Hamas mortar attack in the Eshkol region on July 31, 2014.


Capt. Omri Tal
, 22, of Yehuda combat soldier in the Armored Corps was killed in a Hamas mortar attack in the Eshkol region on July 31, 2014. 


St.-Sgt. Shay Kushnir, 20, 
of Kiryat Motzkin, a combat soldier in the Armored Corps was killed in a Hamas mortar attack in the Eshkol region on July 31, 2014. 


St.-Sgt. Guy Algranati, 20,
 of Tel Aviv was killed in a booby-trapped tunnel shaft in southern Gaza on July 30. He served in the elite Maglan infantry unit.

Guy

St.-Sgt. Omer Hay, 21,
 of Savyon was killed in a booby-trapped tunnel shaft in southern Gaza on July 30. He served in the elite Maglan infantry unit.

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St.-Sgt. Matan Gotlib, 21, 
of Rishon Lezion was killed in a booby-trapped tunnel shaft in southern Gaza on July 30. He served in the elite Maglan infantry unit.

matan Gotlib
Sergeant Daniel Kedmi, 18, of Tzofim, killed in an attempted infiltration into Israel on Monday via a cross-border tunnel from Gaza, on July 28. 

Daniel Kedmi

Sergeant Barkai Yishai Shor, 21, of Jerusalem, killed in an attempted infiltration into Israel on Monday via a cross-border tunnel from Gaza, on July 28. 

Barkai Shor

Sergeant Sagi Erez, 19, of Kiryat Ata, killed in an attempted infiltration into Israel on Monday via a cross-border tunnel from Gaza, on July 28.



Sergeant Dor Deri, 18, killed in an attempted infiltration into Israel on Monday via a cross-border tunnel from Gaza, on July 28.



Sgt. Nadav Raimond, 19, from Shadmot Dvora, was killed in an attempted infiltration into Israel on Monday via a cross-border tunnel from Gaza, on July 28. 

Nadav Raimond

Corporal Niran Cohen, 20 of Tiberias. Served in the 7th Armor Brigade, killed by a mortar attack on Eshkol, on July 28. 

Niran Cohen

Corporal Meidan Maymon Biton, 20 of Netivot. Served in the 7th Armored Brigade, killed by a mortar attack on Eshkol, on July 28. 

Meidan Biton

St.Sgt. Eliav Eliyahu Haim Kahlon, 22 of Safed. Served in the 7th Armor Brigade, killed by a mortar attack on Eshkol, on July 28.  



Sgt. First Class Adi Briga, 23
 of Beit Shikma. Served in the 7th Armor Brigade, killed by a mortar attack on Eshkol, on July 28. 



St.-Sgt. Moshe Davino, 20, 
of Jerusalem was killed in action inside Gaza on July 29.

NCO Sgt. First Class Barak Refael Degorker, 27, from Gan Yavne, was killed after he was struck by a mortar shell fired by Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.


Captain Liad Lavi, an officer in an infantry unit, died on July 26 after he was hospitalized from wounds he had sustained in the southern Gaza Strip on July 25.



Chief Warrant Officer Rami Kahlon, 39, a non-commissioned officer serving in the Paratroopers Brigade, died after succumbing to wounds he had sustained in Gaza the week before.

Lt. Roy Peles, 21, from Tel Aviv, served in the Nahal Brigade and was killed when an anti-tank missile struck his position in Gaza early on Saturday.

St.-Sgt. Avraham Grintzvaig, 21, from Petah Tikva, served in the Nahal Brigade and was killed early on Saturday in combat in northern Gaza. 

St.-Sgt. Gal Bason, 21, from Holon, served in the Engineering Corps. He was killed in the northern Gaza Strip early on Saturday. 


St.-Sgt. Guy Boyland, 
21, from Ginosar, a combat engineer,  was killed in a firefight with Hamas gunmen on July 25 in the southern Gaza Strip.



St.-Sgt. Amit Yaori, 
20, from Jerusalem, was in the Engineering Corps. He was killed on Friday in the same battle as Boyland.



St.-Sgt. Guy Levy, 
21, from Kfar Vradim in northern Israel was killed in action Friday afternoon, July 25, in central Gaza while serving the Armored Corps.


guy levy

NCO Master Sgt. (res.) Yair Ashkenazy, 
36, from Rehovot, a reserve soldier serving in the reserves brigade of the Bahad 1 officer training base, was killed in battle in the north Gaza Strip early on the morning of July 25, 2014. 



Lt. Paz Eliyahu, 22, 
from Kibbutz Evron, a Paratroopers officer, was killed when an explosive detonated near his position on July 23, 2014.



St.-Sgt. Li Mat, 19, 
from Eilat, a Paratroopers soldier, was killed when an explosive detonated near his position on July 23, 2014. 

Li Mat

St.-Sgt. Shahar Dauber, 20, 
from Kibbutz Ginegar, a Paratroopers soldier, was killed when an explosive detonated near his position on July 23, 2014.




Captain Natan Cohen, 23, 
from Modi'in, a company commander in the Armored Corps was killed in Gaza on Tuesday, July 22. He was promoted from the rank of Lieutenant posthumously.



Captain 
Dmitri Levitas, 26, from Jerusalem and Geshur, was killed by sniper fire in Gaza on Tuesday, July 22. He was a company commander serving in the Armored Corps.


  

St.-Sgt. Evyatar Turgeman, 20,
 from Beit She'an, was killed on July 18 morning in a firefight with terrorists in Gaza. Turgeman served in the Paratroopers Brigade. 

Evyatar Turgeman

NCO Ohad Shemesh, 27, from Beit Elazari was killed in action on July 17 from enemy fire in the Gaza Strip.

Ohad Shemesh

St.-Sgt. Oded Ben Sira, 22,
 from Nir Etzion served in the Nahal brigade. He was killed on July 17 in clashes with terrorists in the Gaza Strip.

Oded Ben Sira

St.-Sgt. Jordan Bensemhoun, 22, from Ashkelon served in the Golani Brigade. He was killed on July 17 in an exchange of fire with terrorists in the Gaza Strip.

Jordan Ben Simon

St.-Sgt. Yuval Dagan, 22, from Kfar Saba served in the Golani Brigade. He was killed on July 17 in an exchange of fire with terrorists in the Gaza Strip.

Yuval Dagan

St.-Sgt. Tal Yifrah, 21
, from Rishon Lezion, served in the Golani Brigade. He was killed on July 17 in an exchange of fire with terrorists in the Gaza Strip.

Tal Yifrah

Chief Warrant Officer Kasahun Baynesian
, 39, of Netivot served in the Northern Brigade of the Gaza Division. He was one of four soldiers killed when his military jeep was hit with an anti-tank missile fired by a Gazan terrorist squad, which used a cross-border tunnel to infiltrate southern Israel on July 17.

Baynesian Kasahun

Sec.-Lt. Yuval Haiman, 21, of Efrat, was a soldier from the Bahad 1 officer training base. He was killed on July 17 when his military jeep was hit with an anti-tank missile fired by a Gazan terrorist squad.

Yuval Haiman

Sgt. Nadav Goldmacher, 23, of Beersheba soldier from the Bahad 1 training base was killed on July 17 when his military jeep was hit with an anti-tank missile fired by a Gazan terrorist squad.

Nadav Goldmacher

Lt.-Col. Dolev Keidar, 38, of Modi'in, was commander of the Gefen Battalion of the IDF’s Bahad 1 officer training base. He was killed when his military jeep was hit with an anti-tank missile fired by a Gazan terrorist squad on July 17.

Dolev Keidar

Stf.-Sgt. Shachar Tase, 20, from Pardesiya, served in the Golani Brigade and was killed when Hamas terrorists targeted his APC in Gaza.

Shachar Tase

Stf.-Sgt. Daniel Pomerantz, 20
, of Kfar Azar, served in the Golani Brigade and was killed when Hamas terrorists targeted his APC in Gaza.

Daniel Pomerantz

Sgt. Shon Mondshine, 19,
 of Tel Aviv, served in the Golani Brigade and was killed when Hamas terrorists targeted his APC in Gaza.

Shon Mondshine

Sgt. Ben Oanounou, 19, from Ashdod, served in the Golani Brigade and was killed when Hamas terrorists targeted his APC in Gaza.

Ben Oanounou

Stf.-Sgt. Oren Simcha Noah, 22, of Hoshaya, served in the Golani Brigade and was killed when Hamas terrorists targeted his APC in Gaza.

Oren Noah

St.-Sgt. Oron Shaul21, from Poriyah served in the Golani Brigade and was in the infantry APC targeted by Hamas in an attack in Gaza on Sunday. St.-Sgt. Shaul's body remains unaccounted for. 

Oron Shaul
St. Sgt. Moshe Malko, 20, of Jerusalem was a Golani combat soldier killed during IDF operations in the Shejaia neighborhood in Gaza on Sunday morning.

Moshe Malko

Sgt. Max Steinberg, 24, a lone soldier from Woodland Hills, California who lived in Beersheba, was killed in action overnight Sunday. Steinberg was a Golani brigade sharpshooter.

Max Steinberg

St.-Sgt. Gilad Rozenthal Yacoby, 21, of Kiryat Ono, was killed in action in Gaza on Sunday along with 12 other soldiers and officers in the Golani Brigade.

Gilad Yacoby

Capt. Tsvi Kaplan, 28,
 of Kibbutz Merav, was killed on Sunday in Gaza. Kaplan was set to become a company commander in the Golani Brigade in the coming months. 

Tzvi Kaplan

Maj. Tzafrir Bar-Or, 32, from Acre, was killed on Sunday in Gaza. Since his conscription in the IDF, Bar-Or served in the Golani Brigade through numerous conflicts in Lebanon, Gaza and the West Bank. 

Tzafir Bar-Or

Sgt. Nissim Sean Carmeli, 21
, a lone soldier from South Padre, Texas who lived in Ra’anana and served in the Golani Brigade, was killed on Sunday.

Sean Carmeli

St. Sgt. Oz Mendelovich, 21, of Atzmon in northern Israel served in Golani. He was killed on Sunday in Gaza.

Oz Mendelovich

2nd-Lt. Bar Rahav, 21, from Ramat Yishai served in the Combat Engineering Corps and was mortally wounded on Saturday as a result of an anti-tank missile fired at an IDF vehicle in southern Gaza. 

Bar Rahav

St. Sgt. Bnaya Rubel, 20
, from Holon, served in the Paratroopers 101st Battalion. He was shot dead by a terrorist in Gaza who emerged from a tunnel shaft and opened fire at soldiers.

Bnaya Rubel

Maj.(res.) Amotz Greenberg, 45, of Hod Hasharon was killed on Saturday morning trying to stop Hamas infiltrators who had crossed Israel’s southern border through a tunnel.

Amotz Greenberg

Sgt. Adar Barsano, 20,
 from Nahariya was killed in action on Saturday when his patrol unit encountered a Hamas terrorist cell that had infiltrated into Israel close to the Gaza border.

Adar Barsano

St.-Sgt. Eitan Barak, 20, of Herzliya was killed at around 3 a.m. on Friday morning, becoming the first fatality since the IDF ground offensive began Thursday night. A combat soldier in the Nahal Brigade, the circumstances of his death were under investigation.

Eitan Barak