SOLDIERS OF IDF VS ARAB TERRORISTS

SOLDIERS OF IDF VS ARAB TERRORISTS

Wednesday, July 23, 2014

In memoriam: The 32 soldiers who gave their lives for Israel


Since the start of the Israeli ground operation in the Gaza Strip, 32 Israeli soldiers died in combat. These are their names:
  • Lieutenant Paz Elyahu​, 22, of Kibbutz Evron, served as a combat soldier in the Paratroopers Brigade.
  • Staff Sergeant Li Mat, 19, of Eilat, served as a combat soldier in the Paratroopers Brigade.
  • Staff Sergeant Shahar Dauber, 20, of Kibbutz Ginegar, served as a combat soldier in the Paratroopers Brigade.
  • Captain Dmitri Levitas, 26, of Jerusalem and Geshur, served as a company commander in the Armored Corps.
  • Captain Natan Cohen, 23, of Modi’in, served as a company commander in the Armored Corps. He was posthumously promoted from the rank of First Lieutenant.
  • Staff Sergeant Avitar Moshe Torjamin, 20, of Beit She'an, served as a combat soldier in the Paratroopers Brigade.
  • Master Sergeant Ohad Shemesh, 27, of Beit Elazari.
  • Staff Sergeant Oded Ben Sira, 22, of Nir Etzion, served as a combat soldier in the Nahal Brigade.
  • Lieutenant Colonel Dolev Keidar, 38, of Modi'in, served as the Commander of the Geffen Battalion of the Bahad 1 officer training base.
  • Sergeant Major Bayhesain Kshaun, 39, of Netivot, served in the Northern Brigade of the Gaza Division.
  • Second Lieutenant Yuval Haiman, 21, of Efrat, served at the Bahad 1 officer training base.
  • Sergeant Nadav Goldmacher, 23, of Beersheba, served at the Bahad 1 officer training base
  • Staff Sergeant Tal Ifrach, 21, of Rishon Lezion, served as a combat soldier in the Golani Brigade.
  • Staff Sergeant Yuval Dagan, 22, of Kfar Saba, served as a combat soldier in the Golani Brigade
  • Sergeant Shon Mondshine, 19, of Tel Aviv, served as a combat soldier in the Golani Brigade.
  • Staff Sergeant Jordan Bensemhoun, 22, of Ashkelon, served as a combat soldier in the Golani Brigade.
  • Staff Sergeant Moshe Malko, 20, of Jerusalem, served as a combat soldier in the Golani Brigade.
  • Sergeant Nissim Sean Carmeli, 21, of South Padre, Texas, served as a lone soldier in the Golani Brigade.
  • Sergeant Oz Mendelovich, 21, of Atzmon, served as a combat soldier in the Golani Brigade.
  • Sergeant Gilad Rozenthal Yacoby, 21, of Kiryat Ono, served as a combat soldier in the Golani Brigade.
  • Captain Tsvi Kaplan, 28, of Meirav, served as a combat soldier in the Golani Brigade and was set to become a company commander.
  • Major Tzafrir Bar-Or, 32, of Holon, served as a combat soldier in the Golani Brigade.
  • Staff Sergeant Max Steinberg, 24, of Woodland Hills, California, served as a lone soldier in the Golani Brigade.
  • Staff Sergeant Shachar Tase, 20, of Pardesiya, served as a combat soldier in the Golani Brigade.
  • Staff Sergeant Daniel Pomerantz, 20, of Kfar Aza, served as a combat soldier in the Golani Brigade.
  • Sergeant Ben Itzhak Oanounou, 19, of Ashdod, served as a combat soldier in the Golani Brigade.
  • Staff Sergeant Oren Simcha Noach, 22, of Hoshaya, served as a combat soldier in the Golani Brigade.
  • Staff Sergeant Bnaya Rubel, 20, of Holon, served as a combat soldier in the 101st Battalion of the Paratroopers Brigade.
  • Second Lieutenant Bar Rahav, 21, of Ramat Yishai served in the Combat Engineering Corps.
  • Sergeant Adar Barsano, 20, of Nahariya, served in the Armored Corps.
  • Major (res.) Amotz Greenberg, 45, of Hod HaSharon.
  • Staff Sergeant Eitan Barak, 20, from Herzliya, served as a combat soldier in the Nahal Brigade.
In addition, Sergeant Oron Shaul, 21, of Poriyah was declared missing in action by the Israeli army. He was in an armored personnel carrier that was attacked by Hamas terrorists in Gaza. The Hamas said it had captured Shaul, a claim that could not be verified by Israel.