From Israel to Australia. About Jews and everything else / מישראל לאוסטרליה. על היהודים ועל כל דבר אחר / От Израиля до Австралии. О евреях и обо всем на свете / Ад Iзраiля да Аўстралii. Аб яўрэях i ўсiм на свеце / Від Ізраїлю до Австралії. Про євреїв і все на світі
In these rainy winter days, the solidarity visits of Jews from different countries continues. Some come for a week or two, and some for a longer period. At the Expo volunteer center, you can always meet an individual or groups who came to Israel through the Masa program. In addition of getting to know the country, everyone enjoyed a veriaty of delicious food.
On the left is Victoria Steinbrecher from Vienna and her boyfriend Simon Zeider. Adventurers, traveled the world by bicycle for past 3 years. On the right is Regina Leibengrub from Baltimore, a nurse, speaks Russian very well
Jason Robbins
Jason and Alex Robbins from Florida
Rebecca Nathan, 22 years old, repatriate from Cape Town, South Africa. I live in Tel Aviv, I have now finished my studies and am looking for a job
Rebecca Nathan and Ben Kamp, 22 years old from Geneva, 4 years in Israel, lives in Tel Aviv
From left to right: Aaron Goldschmidt, 22 years old, from Arizona, Sam Miller, 22 years old, from Chicago and Ethan Valunetz, 22 years old, from Indiana. All came through Masa program in August
Jordan Altounian, teacher from New York
Olivier Goldhar, 27 years old, from Toronto, came for six weeks through Masa program
Toby Olins, 26 years old, from London, an English teacher. Arrived through Masa program in Bat Yam
David Menchel, 45 years old, from New York, a lawyer, speaks Hebrew, arrived for a week
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Kapucine Dias. I live in France, around Paris, I’m 26, arrived with Masa for 6 weeks in Israel. I’m student and worker
Sandra Goldfinger from Tel Aviv
From left: Mendel Isaak, 23 years old, from New York, Vallerstein Priscila, 31 years old, from Brasil, … … (?) and Nathan Singer, 32 years old from Boston, work in Hitech, Masa for 6 weeks in Tel Aviv
Sam Pittman, 18 years old from New Jersey. Im on a program spending the year in israel before I go to an american college. I love to volunteer here
Teag Zul, 19 years old, from Tel Aviv and mum Jo
Mendel Isaak from New York
Kyle Newman, 22 years old, from New York. Arrived with Masa for 6 weeks. Staying in Tel Aviv. I speak Hebrew. I have family here in Kfar Vitkin and many friends. I love Israel and Im making Aliyah this year and enlisting in the army
Volunteers from EL AL Airlines
Mei Sommer, 32 years old, from Wisconsin. Im here with Masa in Tel Aviv for 6 weeks.
My profession is Phlebotomy. Im here to support Israel
Gal Fridman, 33 years old from Toronto. I have business in Rocks-tarmusic. Parents immigrant from lviv (Ukraine) in 1990 year and Nathan Singer from Boston
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Actress Carly Nahon, 27 years old from Los Angeles, and Israeli Itai Kritmaler, 23 years old from Holon. Student for computer science and work at Applied Materials
From right: Eli Rosen, 39 years old, work in hi-tech, know hebrew, and Jesse Rosen, 33 years old, film maker. Arrived from Chicago for a week.
Yves Trau from Tel Aviv
Nadia Auerbach, 48 years old from London, a housewife, came for a week. Parents from Lithuania
Roy and Sharona Arbeit from New York. Children in America and Israeli Raanana
From left: Sylvie Margoline, Patrick Kornberfg, 70 years old, and Annick Kornberfg. Сame from Paris for a week
Hilit Glezer, 53 years old, social worker in E.S. Agensy in Tel Aviv
Volunteer from London
LudaKupstautisKushnir from Tel Aviv, works at the Dan Hotel
Its already started the 4th month since that terrible day of October 7th. From October 31 to the end of 2023, 172 IDF soldiers were killed during the ground operation in Gaza. The first days of the New Year we didn’t count much losses, but over the last two days 10 more names were added, and in total on the morning of January 11, 97 days since the war started, 185 soldiers were killed.
In my last sixth article I continue to talk about Israel’s war against the Hamas killers and their patrons from the “free” world, about the volunteers work and alot was said about the dead Israeli heroes. About some of them it was told very detailed. The article contains many photographs, including from funerals, videos, memories of loved ones and interviews on television.
Of course, this is incredibly tiring work that had to be done from early morning until late evening, often ending well after midnight and sometimes lasting the entire next day. Espesially when you do it in 3 languages. In addition, a number of problems occured; Not all the videos from YouTube were accepted by the website; it accepted them in one place, but not in the other. I explain it so that readers understand why the video itself is not included, but only a hyperlink. I decided that I would hold out until the end of 2023.
In the coming year, of course, it is impossible to maintain such a rhythm alone, and I hope that there will be some who will join in, and then together it will gradually be possible to tell about every Israeli hero.
In the 7th photographic material, I continue to tell about the largest volunteer center, located at the EXPO Center in Tel Aviv, where people continue to come from various countries.
Maya Lior Moscowitch from Tel Aviv
volunteers from America
and also from America
Michael Wolf, 46 years old, doctor from Atlanta, daughter Tali, studying in Jerusalem and wife Yael
Alex Strogach from Tel Aviv. 10 years in Israel, came with her parents from Moldova.
Students from America. Unfortunately, I accidentally did not remember the information that the guys wrote down in my contacts. I ask those who know them to tell them to write to me at amigosh4@gmail.com
Orly Moyal and Joni from Tel Aviv
Israelis Noa … and Afik …, Davin … from England
Israeli Ido … and American Sarah Cohen, 28 years old, from Waterloo
On the left is Maya Yitzhac from Tel Aviv. Near volunteers from America
Filipino Liza Azil helping her ward Dan from Tel Aviv
On January 11, a group of American and Canadian Jews who arrived on a 5-day solidarity visit arrived at the Angels of Eran volunteer center immediately after landing.
Josh Zucker, 48 years old, from New York, bank employee, learning Russian
Simon Lang, 23 years old, a student from New York. Arrived for 3 weeks
Alisa Daly, 42 years old, from Toronto, speaks Hebrew
Shawn Goldberg, 52 years old, accountant from Toronto, speaks Hebrew
Courtney Fishman from Cleveland, speaks Hebrew and Shawn Goldberg
Charlotte Zucker from New York, Marcia Kahnowitz from California and Vanessa Leibowitz from Atlanta
Marcia Kahnowitz and Vanessa Leibowitz
Josh Zucker with his daughter Charlotte
Daniel and Benjamin Leibowitz from Atlanta
and here are alot of delicious pizzas, delivered by the guests
grandfather and grandson Klein
AdamLeibowitz from Atlanta
Already familiar 30 years old Tomas Guttman from New York, who arrived until February
Shaina, Vanessa, Daniel, Benjamin and Adam Leibowitz
20 years old Shaina Leibowitz
Rachel, Policy Analyst at AIPAC, Jeff and Amber Rosen (attorneys) from San Francisco
DJ Ravid Solan
Marcia Kahnowitz
Mayeer Pearl, 49 years old, from Toronto
Pao Silberman from Tel Aviv, an artist
Happy Julia Klein
Julia’s exhausted son Ari
Emily Mallin and her 16 years old daughter Saturn Klein
George Klein
George and Ari Klein
Farewell picture. Tamara Haimov in the front
Bat Sheva Labowr Stoll, 26 years old, and Yohan Halua, 26 years old, a doctor fron New York, came before a week
Tamara Haimov, SabrinaNaggar and her son Joshy, 19 years old, a student from London, arrived for a week
Ronni Ben Shitrit from Beit Shean and Guy Matul, 28 years old from Petach Tikva, volunteers from Playtika Company (Herzeliya)
Sivan Katz from Tel Aviv, a volunteer from Playtica company (Herzeliya)
with the samovar, the journalist Taniya Tomer and the tourism industry workers LudaKupstaitis Kushnir and Lada Samoilov
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The people that responsible for preparing the delicious food
volunteers from Deetfield, Ilinois: Joe Kaszynski, Shai, Shelly and Nehama
Daniel Marschinke, 25 years old, from Minneapolis, … … from Tel Aviv and Thomas Guttman, 30 years old, from New York.
Those who came to Israel under the Masa program: Leeor Hartal, 18 years old, from Chicago, Dima, 36 years old, from Kyiv, worked as a television journalist and 36 years old Jonathan Shavit, born in Ramat Gan, when Jonathan was 4 years old, his parents moved to Holland, lives in Rotterdam
Thiago Kimelblat from Brazil, 35 years old,
Have an MBA in International Relations and MBA in Business Management at FGV. Also a full stack developer and project manager.
One and a half years in Israel, lives in Tel Aviv. Looking for job
Volunteers from Playtika Company (Herzeliya)
from left to right: Itamar Weller, Lian Roden, Liron Lichtenstein, Liran Sheinbox, Nadav Hos, Raz Rosh, Amit Ninio and Netanel Adar
near the wall with the pictures of the Israeli kidnapped by the Hamas terrorists
Alyson Fieldman with daughters Liora (left) and Eliana from Clevelend, Ohio
In the middle of the group from Clevelend, Meredith Weiss. Speaks Hebrew
Nadav Moshes, Dalit Bar Grabarsky, Ariel Avon, Yuval Palman, Sagi Dekel, Yafit Ben Moshe
15 years old Adir Schwartz from Philadelphia
On the right is 40 years old Joshua Mover from Toronto, a professor of communications, in Israel for a week, five more to come. Arrived in the Masa program
Sabari Joshua, 38 years old, is a thoracic medicl oncologist and wife Dalia from New Jersey. They speak Hebrew
Liel Pelleg from Tel Aviv
Already familiar 36 years old Yonatan Shavit from Rotterdam
The same 30 years old Thomas Guttman from New York.
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57 years old Andy Katz from Hertz, UK
23 years old Ben Steinfeld from Amsterdam. Came to volunteer with his mother
Volunteers who came from the Israeli south
Jennifer Dray (right) from Miami and Phyllis from New York
Valerie Mirvis from Teaneck, New Jersey. Came to volunteer with husband Eitan for 2 weeks
18 years old Sam Pittman from New Jersey and 18 years old Liat Levone from Maryland. Came to study in September for a year
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Rebecca Nathan, 22 years old, repatriate from Cape Town, South Africa. I live in Tel Aviv, I have now finished my studies and am looking for a job
Volunteers from Playtika Company (Herzeliya)
Gilai Levi from Playtika Company (Herzeliya)
Mathieu Eitany-Malo, 25 years old, from Canada, 6 weeks in Israel, arrived in the Masa program. Correctional officer in Canada
Yuval Hess, 28 years old, from Bern, Switzerland, repatriated 4 months back before the war with Hamas. Worked at random jobs, now in ulpan, speaks Hebrew.
I turn to volunteers from different countries who help at the Expo center or other places (hospitals, etc.) to send pictures with a story about themselves and how they feel in Israel at the present time and how important it is now to come to Israel to a solidarity visit.
I ask the Israeli volunteers to send photographs that they take themselves along with the captions of the names in Hebrew and English.
More than 2 months have already passed since the attack on Israel by the Hamas killers on October 7th, which led to the terrible death of approximately 1,400 civilians, military and police, the capture of more than 240 hostages, including the bodies of those who were killed and foreign workers, which led to the outbreak of the War of Iron Swords, for the total destruction of terrorists in Gaza and the return of the hostages. Israel paid a big price: from October 31 to December 14, 116 IDF soldiers were killed during the ground operation in Gaza.
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At the same time, international terrorism in the world, especially those who want to destroy Israel, still has many defenders. Among the countries that are concerned about the “peaceful unfortunate Palestinians”, Putin’s Russia stands out. The country that invaded to Ukraine on February 24, 2022 and mercilessly destroyed entire cities, making millions of Ukrainians refugees. 3,500 people are still in captivity.
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On December 14th, almost 2 years after the start of the war in Ukraine, the dictator within 4 hours held a direct line for Russians, and also answered questions from authorized journalists. In his own style, he touched Israel’s war in Gaza, comparing it with the “special military operation” Russia is doing in Ukraine.
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Putin believes that the fighting carried out by the Israeli Defense Forces in the Gaza Strip differs significantly from Russia’s “special military operation” on the territory of Ukraine.
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“What is happening is of course a disaster. We have just talked about the situation related to the Ukrainian crisis, but you and everyone present here and around the world can see: look at the special military operation and what is happening in Gaza, and see the difference. There is nothing like that in Ukraine.
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You mentioned the death of thousands of children and women. The UN Secretary General has called today’s Gaza Strip the largest children’s cemetery in the world. This assessment says a lot. This is an objective assessment. Nothing to say here.”
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The dictator added that Moscow stands for the creation of a Palestinian state, preserving the civilian population of Gaza and ensuring the supply of humanitarian aid to the strip. According to him, Russia intended to open its field hospital in the Gaza Strip near the border with Egypt, but Israel said it was unsafe.
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On the November 4th Gilad Erdan, Israel’s representative to the UN, in response to a speech by the Russian representative calling for Israel to be condemned and held accountable, accused Russia of using the war in the Middle East to divert attention from their military operations in Ukraine.
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“It’s funny to hear from a Russian representative moralizing about Israel regarding human rights and international law. Russia is the last one who can preach to us”.
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According to Erdan, Russia is using Hamas attack on Israel in a “perverted way” to “divert the world’s attention” from its military operation in Ukraine.
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Erdan’s criticism was a reaction to the words of the Russian representative to the UN, Nebenzya, who had previously stated that Israel, as an occupier state, does not have the right to defend itself.
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Nebenzya noted that the United States and its allies “filled their mouths with water”, despite the destruction in Gaza “many times greater than what they angrily criticize in other regional contexts, attacks on civilian targets, including hospitals, the horrific death of thousands of children and the suffering of the civilian population under conditions of total blockade.”
From the very beginning of the attack by Hamas killers, volunteer organizations began to work throughout the country.
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The largest center “Eran’s Angels” is located in the EXPO center in Tel Aviv, where, in addition to Israelis, people come from a variety of countries to help.
I present to your attention the sixth photographic material about their work.
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Itay Kupstautis, 6.5 year old from Tel Aviv
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LudaKupstautisKushnir from Tel Aviv, works at the Dan Hotel, immigrated in 1991 from Kishinev, with ItayKupstautis and DJ Ravid
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Pao Silberman from Tel Aviv, an artist
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LudaKupstautisKushnir and Pao Silberman
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Tamara Haimov from Tel Aviv, businesswoman
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Tamara Haimov and LudmilaKupstautisKushnir
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Parcels for Israeli Defense Forces soldiers
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Shira Kass from Tel Aviv
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Sasca Wajdenbaum from Brussels (Belgium), came to volunteer for two weeks
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Lada Samoilov from Jaffa, 22 years in Israel, travel agent and … …
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Amir Efrati, 38 y.o., one of the founders of the volunteer organization “Eran’s Angels”
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Maayan Karmi from Tel Aviv
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Tomas Guttman from N.Y., 30 years old
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Tomas Guttman, Matan Shamir from Philadelphia, 38 years old and Aviv Teboul from Paris, 28 years old, musician
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French volunteers Aviv Teboul and … …
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Family of French volunteers Wendy and Aviv Teboul
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Israeli guides Bella Tulchinskaya, LeahUkrainian and Baruch
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Bella Tulchinskaya, arriving daily from Ramle, master of delicious salads and tahini. In addition to this, there are many others, and everything is very tasty.
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Photos taken on December 31st. On the eve of 2024 on floor -2 in building B
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On December 15th a huge tragedy happened. Israeli soldiers shot and killed three hostages who escaped from the Hamas captivety.
“According to a senior officer of the Southern Command, based on the initial investigation, the incident began after one of the soldiers stationed in the building noticed three suspicious figures emerging from the building a few tens of meters away.
According to the investigation, all three were shirtless and one of them was carrying a stick with an improvised white flag.
The soldier, who believed that the men moving towards him were an attempt by the Hamas to lure IDF soldiers into a trap, immediately opened fire and shouted “terrorists!” to the other forces.
According to the investigation, the soldier killed two men and the third, who was wounded, fled back into the building from which he came from.
At this stage, the battalion commander, who was also in the building from which the soldier was shooting, came outside and ordered the forces to cease fire.
Meanwhile, cries of “Help” in Hebrew were heard in the area.
Moments later, the third man emerged from the building he had fled into and another soldier opened fire on him, evetually killing him.
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Yotam Haim, 28, from Kibbutz Kfar Gaza
On December 6, Iris Haim talks on channel 14 about her son Yotam, who was kidnapped by Hamas.
An hour before it was announced that a tragedy had happened with three hostages who had escaped from Hamas captivity and were shot by Israeli soldiers, Iris Haim, Yotam’s mother, spoke on Channel 12 and said that it is impossible to make concessions by releasing terrorists, and that the lives of the soldiers, as well as the fact that many Israelis will pay for that in the future, are no less important. The story of Corporal Gilad Shalit, who fell asleep in a tank and was captured by Hamas on June 25, 2006. On the morning of October 18, 2011, after five years and four months of imprisonment, Gilad was released and handed over as part of a deal with Hamas in exchange for 1,027 Palestinian prisoners, more than 400 of whom were terrorists convicted by an Israeli court of murdering 599 Israelis.
In the second phase of the deal, Israel committed to releasing 550 prisoners of its choosing by the end of 2011. Their names were published on December 14, and on December 18 the terrorists were released.
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Iris Haim, the mother of Yotam Haim, one of three hostages mistakenly killed by the IDF, sent an audio message to the troops saying that “no one blames them for what happened.”
“Good afternoon, 17th battalion. This is Iris Haim, mother of Yotam Haim. I wanted to tell you that I love you very much and hug you from a distance. I know that everything that happened is not your fault, The only one to blame is Hamas,” the recording says.
“I ask you to take care of yourself and remember at all times that you are doing the most important and right thing in the world, which can help us as the people of Israel. It is important for all of us that you stay healthy,” says a woman who just lost her son.
“Don’t hesitate for a second if you see a terrorist, no one thinks that you killed the hostages on purpose, you need to defend yourself, and only you can protect us,” says Iris Haim and adds that she would like to meet the fighters to whom the message is addressed as soon as it will be possible.
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Alon Shimriz is the third abductee who was accidentally killed by the IDF in Gaza.
He was 26 years old at the time of his death, he lived in the youth neighborhood in Kfar Gaza. He was about to start a degree in computer engineering at Sapir College.
His family and friends described him as a person who loves life and is an avid basketball fan, who even played on the Shaar HaNegev basketball team.
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Samer Fouad al-Talalka, 25 years old, from Hora, was kidnapped from Kibbutz Nir Am
Yesterday, on December 15th a huge tragedy happened. Israeli soldiers shot and killed three hostages who escaped from the Hamas.
“According to a senior officer of the Southern Command, based on the initial investigation, the incident began after one of the soldiers stationed in the building noticed three suspicious figures emerging from the building a few tens of meters away.
According to the investigation, all three were shirtless and one of them was carrying a stick with an improvised white flag.
The soldier, who believed that the men moving towards him was an attempt of Hamas to lure IDF soldiers into a trap, immediately opened fire and shouted “terrorists!” to the other forces.
According to the investigation, the soldier killed two men and the third, who was wounded, fled back into the building from which he came from.
At this stage, the battalion commander, who was also in the building from which the soldier was shooting, came outside and ordered the forces to cease fire.
Meanwhile, cries of “Help” in Hebrew were heard in the area.
Moments later, a third man emerged from the building he had fled into and another soldier opened fire on him, eventualy killing him.
The battalion commander then realized that the third man’s appearance was unusual and it turned out that he was an Israeli hostage. All three bodies were collected and sent to Israel for identification.
The soldier who immediately opened fire on the three men did it not according to protocol, as did the second soldier who killed the third man, the officer said.
However, the IDF understands what made the soldiers do it.
A senior officer claims that in Sajaiya, the IDF has not identified a single Palestinian civilian in recent days.
The only people in civilian clothes that were seen are Hamas terrorists, often unarmed. The terrorists collect weapons left in various buildings, open fire on the troops, and then again flee unarmed to another building.
The officer says troops have killed at least 38 Palestinian terrorists in Sajaiya in recent days.
The IDF also encountered several seemingly unarmed civilians in Sajaiya who were later turned out to be Hamas suicide bombers.
There were also several attempts by Hamas in the area to lure soldiers into ambushes.
A few hundred meters from the scene of the tragedy, military personnel discovered a building a few days ago, on the outer walls of which there was an inscription SOS and two words in Hebrew: “help” and “hostages.” However, the building was not checked because of fear that it was mined and serving as a trap. Now it will be checked to find out if the three killed hostages were hiding there.
Soldiers at the time believed the building was mined and the military is now investigating a possible connection to the incident.
Immediately after the incident, the IDF sent new protocols to ground troops in case more hostages will be able to escape captivity.
This very scenario of hostages walking through a combat zone was never taken into account by the IDF
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At 6 am on December 15, the IDF reported that the Israeli army found the body of 28-year-old Elia Toledano, who was kidnapped by terrorists on October 7, in the Gaza Strip. He was abducted in the Re’im music festival.
Elia Toledano was a citizen of Israel and France.
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Ron Sherman
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A few hours later, on the morning of December 15th, a new report was published by the IDF about the discovery of the bodies of two IDF soldiers who were kidnapped in Gaza: Ron Sherman, 19 years old from Lehavim and Nick Beiser, 19 years old from Be’er Sheva.
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Ron Sherman served in the coordination department at the Gaza Division headquarters. Nick Beiser was a driver at the Gaza Division headquarters.
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At December 16, the family of Inbar Haiman, 27 years old from Haifa, who was abducted from the music festival near Re’im, was informed that she was murderd by Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip. Inbar is survived by her parents and a brother.
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At the headquarters of the families of the abductees, in publishing a notice of Inbar’s death, they note that she was a creative person, studied film art in high school, loved graffiti and studied at the Wizo Haifa Academy of Design and Education, where she met her partner Noam two years ago.
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The family lives in their home in Petah Tikva.
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Yosef Avner Doran
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The IDF published on the morning of December 17 the names of two additional soldiers who were killed on December 16 in the battles in the Gaza Strip.
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Master Sergeant in reserve Yosef Avner Doran, 26 years old from Jerusalem, from the Israely navy seals and the Operational Mobility School, died in action in the northern Gaza Strip.
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Sergeant first class in reserve Shalev Zaltsman, 24, from Ramat Yishai, a soldier in the 6623rd Battalion of the paratroopers Brigade, died in battle in the southern Gaza Strip.
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Later on December 17, the IDF reported that First Sergeant Boris Dunavetsky, 21 years old from Kiryat Bialik, a member of the 46th Battalion, the traces of iron Brigade, was killed in a battle in the northern Gaza Strip.
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The family of the late Dunavetsky at the funeral ceremony, photo: Gideon Markovich
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Hundreds of people arrived today (Wednesday) at noon for the funeral of Sergeant Boris Donavetsky, a lone soldier, 21 years old, from Kiryat Bialik, a a fighter in “shiryon” brigade, who fell in battle in the northern Gaza Strip. Boris, was killed already at the beginning of the week and was laid to rest today after waiting for his parents who live in Russia to arrive to Israel.
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“Your path in life will continue to beat”: Staff Sergeant Boris Dunavetsky was laid to rest // Photo: Moshe Ben Simhon
There was concern that since he was a lone soldier, there would not be a large presence, but after a call went out on social media, many people came to accompany him on his last journey. Among those arriving, members of the board and graduates of the Alonei Yitzhak Youth Village, where he stayed after arriving to Israel. Boris was a lone soldier, who lived in Kriyat Bialik in a shared apartment. Immigrated to Israel in 2018 as part of the Naaleh program, a unique educational program designed for Jewish youth around the world who come to Israel without their parents.
Yaroslav Bandin, a friend of Donavetsky, said after hearing of his death: “We immigrated to Israel 5 years ago alone. We lived in Alonei Yitzhak for three years, and two years in Kiryat Bialik. He came from Russia, he was a good guy, we would watch movies together and spend time together. At school he loved physics, he was a good student. He wanted to be a warrior. He had plans after the army to go study engineering at the Technion. Boris planned to build his life here in Israel. He loved the military service, he had a lot of friends and we spent a lot of time on holidays. He planned a trip to the USA after the army.”
The father of the late Boris Dunavetsky during the funeral, photo: Gideon Markowitz
Boris’s uncle said: I had three meetings with you. In the first at the end of September you were a bit depressed of the army. After we met on October 15th in the south you said that you were preparing to enter – you already were not depressed, you were determined, happy, focused, you knew where you were going and what you were going to do. We met in Zikim for the third time at the end of November and a different person came out to us, a person who was not only taught where he was going. A man who knew exactly what he was doing. You were calm and confident and I was happy because I knew that you know what you were going to do and that’s what makes a hero – know how to go into danger and be calm because you know what you need to do.”
His friend from the Lotus group in the youth village, Lee, said in tears: “Our dear friend, I can’t believe that I am writing these words. You were always a ray of sunshine for us, the nicest person we knew, a person we could always turn to, you were always supportive and listened. I want you to know, brother, that you will always remain in the hearts of each of us.”
Boris friends from the “shiryon” brigade at the funeral, photo: Gideon Markovich
The coordinator from the pre-military preparatory school, Zohar, spoke about Boris and his love for “Shiryon”: “Where else do you find people who at the age of 15 leave their country and come alone to another country, finish school in a high place and then go to a pre-military preparatory school to be better, choose to go to the army, which everyone just wants to escape from. who do their service in the best possible way, who see only the good in life, who smile because they don’t just need a reason to smile, who love everyone around them because they are simply human. Where do you find another friend like that for life who will always be there for you? Where do you find those who choose to live in the moment, here and now? Where do you find someone like you? Boris, I want to say thank you for being you in this world, thank you for fighting so that we can sleep better at night, thank you for giving your soul to the country, thank you for the three years you were in my life at the preparatory school – a huge privilege.”Sorry, if I wasn’t there enough for you when you needed me and *Sorry from all of us as a people that because we weren’t united and didn’t see the good in each other we ended up in this situation we’re in today.* I want you to know that we won’t forget you, that your path in life will lead and continue to beat and now This is our mission for everyone who speaks, to be a little more Boris, to love, to smile, to be truly happy, to lower their ego, to accept each other, to respect, to see the good, to live humbly and say thank you for the little things.”
Photos from the funeral of Boris Dunavetsky at the Kiryat Shaul military cemetery in Tel Aviv on December 20
The Parents Mikhail and Lena Dunavetsky arrived from Samara
Photos from the shiva of Boris Dunavetsky from Thursday, December 21, afternoon at the Daniel Hotel in Herzliya Pituach
Photos of Boris Dunavetsky’s grave on December 24 taken on the way to the shiva at the Daniel Hotel in Herzliya Pituach
Photo of the grave of Boris Dunavetsky, taken on January 23, 2024
Nearby there are the graves of those killed earlier after the terrorist attack.
Sergeant Kirill Brodsky, 19 years old from Ramat Gan, died on October 7th in the first hours of the attack by the Hamas terrorists. Served in the brigade command post. Together with him, died staff sergeant Tomer Yaakov Ahimas from the village of Lehavim in southern Israel. He was 20 years old. Served as liaison to the brigade commander. and sergeant Shaked Dahan from Afula. Shaked was 19 years old. He served in the 77th Battalion of the 7th Armored Brigade. Their bodies were taken by Hamas. The funeral of Kirill Brodsky took place on Wednesday, November 29.
The mother of the late Sergeant Kirill Brodsky mourns him in tears: “We don’t know how we will live without your smile”
The funeral of Sergeant Kiril Brodsky at the Kiryat Shaul Military Cemetery. Photo: Coco
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Sergeant Kiril Brodsky, fell in the battles in the Gaza Strip, and yesterday (Tuesday), the news of his death was allowed to be published, along with two other soldiers, Staff Sergeant Tomer Yaakov Achims and Sergeant Shaked Dahan, was laid to rest today (Wednesday) at the military cemetery in Kiryat Shaul. The shivah will take place at his residence at 13 Hazor St. in Ramat Gan.
In great pain, with tears and broken voice, the soldier’s father, Victor Brodsky, recited Kaddish over his son alongside the chief military rabbi.
“You always said that every child should enlist to the IDF”
Alena, Kirel’s mother paid tribute to her son in tears alongside his father and sister. “Our dear son, I am standing here to accompany you, we don’t know how we will live without your smile and the light of your face, which was always happy and never complained.
Kirill Brodsky. “You are a hero, you were a hero and you will always remain in my heart”, photo: IDF spokesman
“All the things he achieved in his short life he achieved by himself. He had a goal and would always reach it. He was always a hard worker and always running to help everyone. He gave up sleep and strength many times in favor of others because it was important to him, his friends were waiting for him outside, and he said mom, you can wait because my friends also want to see me. On October 7th, something happened that I never believed would happen. He went to kibutz Nirim, and when he fell there he saved people and I am proud of him for what he did, but on the other hand it’s hard for me not to see him and not hear his laughter anymore.”
“You defended the Land of Israel the way you wanted and you always said that every child should enlist and it doesn’t matter if it’s to be a warrior or not, even to be some kind of helper, to do something, but to contribute to the country. That was your opinion and we agreed. You are a hero, you were a hero and you will always remain in my heart. My heart is broken, broken, really broken, we love you and you will always remain in our hearts and memories.”
“You were a brave warrior, always ready, always in the silence that characterized you”
Lieutenant Colonel Alon Peled paid tribute to Sergeant Brodsky: “My heart is torn in two and there is no cure in the world. From the first moment we understood that a serious guy had arrived to our division. You were determined to learn the area and perform your role to the best of your ability. I was privileged to be with you in your early days, always ready, always in the quietness that characterized you and always a professional. You were a brave warrior. You fought and protected this amazing country region of “Eshkol” and for that I salute you. You jumped without hesitating and you were the first in the car, you protected the residents with your body along with the rest of the command group and from that event you didnt came back.
Sergeant Kiril Brodsky’s from Ramat Gan funeral. His teacher paid tribute to him: “You had a captivating smile, you behaved modestly and knew how to show gratitude”,
photo: Coco
“I stand here as a representative of your friends who couldnt be here and say goodbye to you because they continue fighting. Your image will be the compass and we will continue to do everything in the spirit and image of Kirill. The dear Brodsky family, you can be proud of Kirill – there are no words to comfort in the face of this great loss and they cannot ease the terrible pain at this difficult time. We share your heavy grief, you will forever be part of the Southern Brigade family. Kirill, I and all the brigade commanders salute you on your last journey. You will forever be a part of us.”
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“You joined the people of Israel to be one of the builders of the land and the temples of God”
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The chief rabbi of Ramat Gan: “I came here on behalf of all the residents of Ramat Gan. As I managed to hear, I investigated a bit about you, and as your commanders said here, you ran among the heads of the force to save the people of Israel. That day we had a big crisis but it is not an acute crisis because on that day heroes like you rose up to save and protect so the blood of Israel is not wasted. You came from the northern countries and joined the people of Israel to be the builders of the land and the temples of God. We know that we lost a pleasant and modest man from whom we expected great things. There is no creature that can stand between you.”
His teacher from school paid him a tribute: “You were a true patriot, a Zionist and it was important to you to contribute.” You didn’t demand anything from anyone and you didn’t ran away from hard work. You had a captivating smile, behaved modestly and knew how to be grateful. It pains me to think that there will be people who don’t know who you are. You were surrounded by good friends, family and a girlfriend you loved very much. Thank you for protecting us with your body, it was a great privilege to be the educator of a hero like you.”
Text, photos and video from an article in the newspaper Israel Today in Hebrew
Photos of Chen Yaalom from the Israman 2022 triathlon competition website
חן יהלום ז”ל בישראמן 2022 | צילום: צלמי שוונג
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Chen Yahalom, a 35-year-old major in reserve, tragically died on the morning of November 18 in an accident while riding his bicycle on Highway 44 near Holon.
Yahalom, who survived by his wife, two brothers and parents, was called up to the reserves on October 7, when the War of the Iron Swords began. He served on the northern border in the Moran reconnaissance battalion of the artillery corps.
On Friday he returned home to spend 24 hours on leave. On Saturday morning he went for a ride with two of his friends. While the three were riding on the side of Route 44, they were hit by a private vehicle. Two of Yahalom’s friends suffered minor injuries, MADA medics tried to save Yahalom’s life. Unfortunately, he died at Wolfson Hospital from a traumatic brain injury.
Yahalom was well known in the Israeli triathlon and running community, having competed for the past 15 years. Recently won the Half Iron Man competition in Israel in 2022, in the 30-34 age group, showing an impressive time of 5 hours, 9 minutes and 4 seconds.
“I already miss you and we only spoke 16 hours ago”
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Chen’s friend for training, Gal Tikhon, wrote: “We have had so much Chen Yahalom in recent years, and we didn’t had enough. And there will be no more. There is the moment that I’m so proud of, that I had the honor to enjoy and watch from the sidelines. With the slouched hat, the crooked smile, and the lightness with which Hantz and Gantz (Or and Adi) arrived two days before, and “what are you making a story about this “Kune” of yours, Iron Man, putting two Gels in our pocket and we’ll be fine”.
“And there are the two cases that don’t go a week that I don’t mention in some briefing, about the one who didn’t let others set standards for him, and retired in an event that was in his pocket because he was disappointed in himself, and came back and closed the story the way he thinks it should be closed. And the last joint training, where I invited Chen and Yaniv to run in the stadium, not because they have to, but because I want to see them and Dvir train, the dogs of the spirit. That’s how I want to stand and enjoy a group of professionals. For no special reason.
“Beyond all the performances and achievements, the friend’s grace. Gran Fondo when Ron has a flat tire, and everyone continues forward. almost everyone. Except for one who stayed to help his friend and bridged with him at the cost of a glorious breakup. The leaping spirit dog, who tied shoelaces and went to make sure his friend fulfills his dream in the Tiberias Marathon. Chen Yahalom, a smiling boy, a talented boy, a boy who, despite his natural data, worked harder than everyone else, and made sure to be the best possible at work, the best possible in the family and the best possible in the battalion. I already miss you and we only spoke 16 hours ago”.
“You were our heart and you didn’t even tried to be: quiet”
Another friend, Yaron Litan, wrote: “How do you eulogize a young brother, how do you eulogize a 30 something year old? What do you say that will take away the pain and the tears and put some order in your head, why and how it all happened? I feel that I am not here, that it is not happening, somewhere on Route 44, near Mikve Israel, the place where the suffering begins.
“I remember only joy and only good from you. You were always there when I needed you and I always knew there was someone to lean on. I do not answer all the difficult questions of why and that there is no justice, in the end it will lead nowhere. Looking at the pictures and remembering the amazing experiences that were had and these experiences, memories and moments, I want to share. Five years that we have known each other, years packed with crazy events, experiences we created, in competitions, trainings and the many hours we sweated together. I guess that only when you reach extreme points you understand and appreciate what friendship is, or who a friend is.
“I don’t think I have even one serious hour in total with you, seriousness didn’t dare to touch us, most of our quality time was on the bike, when our butt hurt or when we ate bananas, especially on climbs, where everyone suffers, but we chose to laugh. Mainly about me – because you and Fatal liked to sting me in the last hundred meters, you also liked to laugh at me during the run where you always ran away from me. But at the pizzas there was a close fight and I pretty much broke you guys up with alcohol, or in Vegas, you kids.
“Do you remember when someone once thought I was your father? It made you laugh so much and for a whole year you reminded me of it, and you didn’t stop laughing that I was old. I tried to laugh at you back, call you “Chen the Fat” because you fly in the wind, and tell you that your mustache is ridiculous, and that my daughter calls you “Chen the French” because of it. But in the end I just got old and it seems to me that you won in this joke contest of ours.
“We rode from Metula to Eilat, we climbed the Everest, we did all the hardest peaks in the country, simply because we wanted to and mainly to eat a hearty plate at the end, or some energy snack, can someone say that iron men don’t know how to have fun. We easily smashed the Israman, we did Iron Man in Hamburg, Texas and Hawaii. But we had the most fun in Vegas and moreover in the Corona time, where we counted no one and flow with life in an orange Mustang and slept in the same bed for almost two weeks straight.
“You were our heart and you didn’t even tried to be: quiet: modest, but bringing everyone together, funny in the most difficult moments, encouraging, indecisive, not hurt by anything and not hurting anyone. There is no people like you and there never will be, we are left here in a never-ending avalanche, falling and crashing. And you laugh at us and stay young forever.
“With these words I embrace Or and your families, I know how much you loved them and it is important that they know it too. I Know that you had many other plans and goals and that now only memories of you will remain. I wanted to tell you that you won grace and created a diamond (yahalom), it was such a rare and large diamond – it hurts me, it hurts us so much. Thank you for what you were and what you will always be for me.”
“He was the salt of the earth, one who never complained,” his father Roni paid tribute to him this morning in a conversation with “ynet”.
He never complained about anything and always did good deeds. He was one of those people who did good deeds quietly, without seeking recognition. For example, we, his parents, didn’t even knew that he graduated from officer courses with flying colors until we found out about it at the ceremony. That’s the kind of person he was – outstanding and humble.”
Photos from the shiva of Boris Dunavetsky from Saturday, December 24, morning at the Daniel Hotel in Herzliya Pituach
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On the morning of December 18, the IDF reported the death of four more soldiers during the fighting in the Gaza Strip.
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First Sergeant Uriah Bayer, 20 years old from Ma’alt-Tarshiha, a Magellan fighter, died of wounds sustained on December 14 in a battle in the southern Gaza Strip.
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First Sergeant Liav Alosh, 21 years old from Gedera, a Duvdevan commando fighter, died in a battle in the southern Gaza Strip.
Chief Sergeant first class in reserve Eitan Nae, 26 years old from Kibbutz Sde Eliyahu, a Duvdevan commando fighter, died in a battle in the southern Gaza Strip.
Chief Sergeant first class in reserve Tal Filiva, 23 years old from Rehovot, a member of the combat engineering corps, Yahalom unit, was killed in action in the southern Gaza Strip.
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At noon, the name of another IDF soldier that was killed in the northern Gaza Strip was allowed to be published.
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Sergeant first class in the reserve Lidor Yosef Karwani, 23 years old from Eilat, a fighter in the 8163 Engineering Battalion, Southern Command
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Captain in reserve Nathaniel Silberg, 33 years old from Naama, was killed in battle in the north of the Gaza Strip and Captain Yarin Gahali, 22 years old from Rehovot, was killed in battles in the south of the Gaza Strip
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From October 31 to December 18, 129 IDF soldiers were killed during the ground operation in Gaza.
December 24
“Such things happen in war”
Yarin Gahali was killed in the Gaza Strip by friendly fire. His parents want to hug the soldiers who mistakenly killed their son.
Knesset member Matan Kahana (“The National Unity”) spoke about his conversation with Oren and Shira Gahali, the parents of the platoon commander in the Givati brigade reconnaissance unit, 22 year old Yarin Gahali, who was killed in battle in the Gaza Strip as a result of “friendly” fire.
In a post on X (formerly Twitter), MP Kahana wrote: “Yarin, as his parents told me, was killed by fire from our troops. The parents have no anger at the soldiers who shot their son. All the parents want is to hug the soldiers and strengthen their strength to continue fighting.”
Kahana quoted the grieving parents: “These things happen in war, and those who don’t see it cannot understand what the soldiers go through.”
Kahana also wrote: “Everything that Yarin did in his life, he completed, if it was school, basketball or the army. “Textbook boy,” as his mother called him.”
In addition, Matan Kahana said: “On October 7, Yarin, together with a small detachment, began to fight in Sderot. Having killed a large number of terrorists, they moved to Kibbutz Nir Oz, where they saved many Israelis. One of them even recognized Yarin Gahali later and told him: “You, it was you who saved me.”
“During the Shiva, I met Miriam Peretz, who constantly admired the heroism of Yarin and his friends. “A wonderful generation,” Miriam said, and everyone nodded. May the soul of Yarin Gahali be bound by the bonds of eternal life,” Matan Kahana concluded his tweet.”
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The IDF spokesman allowed the publishing this morning (Tuesday) of the death of two IDF soldiers in the battle in the northern Gaza Strip: Captain in reserve Rotem Yosef Levy (24) from Oranit, a deputy commander in the Yehalom unit; Chief Sergeant first class in reserve Daniel Ya’akov ben HaRosh (31) from Alon, a fighter in the 6551 Battalion of the “fire arrows” formation (551). In addition, two fighters from Battalion 13 in the Golani Brigade were seriously injured in the battle in the southern Gaza Strip. Their families have been notified. Since October 7, 463 IDF soldiers have died in the war, 131 of them since the beginning of the ground operation in Gaza.
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December 19, 18:01
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The IDF reported the death of another soldier in the Gaza Strip. In a battle with terrorists in the north of the Gaza Strip, Sergeant first class in reserve Maoz Fenigstein, 25 years old, from Susiya, a soldier of the 7008th battalion of the 551st brigade, was killed.
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December20, 06:00
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The IDF reported that on December 19, a Captain in reserve Lior Sivan, 32, from Beit Shemesh, an officer in the 363rd Battalion of the Arel Brigade, was killed in combat in the southern Gaza Strip. Also, in a battle in the south of Gaza, a soldier of the Rotem battalion of the Givati brigade was seriously wounded.
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December 20, 12:00
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The IDF reported that chief Sergeant first class in reserve Uriel Cohen, 33, from Tsur Hadasa, a tank commander of the Givati Brigade, was killed in the battle in the southern Gaza Strip.
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December 21, 06:00
The IDF has named three more soldiers who died in combat in the Gaza Strip.
Sergeant Lavi Ghasi, 19, from Hashmonaim, a member of the 931st Battalion of the Nahal Brigade, killed in action in the northern Gaza Strip.
First Lieutenant Yaakov Elian, 20, from Ramat Gan, an officer in the Gefen battalion of the Givati Brigade, died in battle in the north of the Gaza Strip.
First Lieutenant Omri Schwartz, 21, from Shadmot Dvora, an officer in the Gefen battalion, died in battle in the north of the Gaza Strip.
It is also reported that an officer and two soldiers of the Gefen battalion, two soldiers of the 50th battalion of the Nahal brigade, a reservist of the “Okets” special forces, an officer of the 532nd battalion of the 460th brigade, and a reservist of the 9218th battalion were seriously injured.
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December 22, 06:00
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The IDF has published the names of two Israeli soldiers killed over the past 24 hours during fighting in the Gaza Strip.First Lieutenant Shai Ayeli, 21, from Ashkelon, cadet in the Gefen battalion, died in battle in the north of the Gaza Strip.Sergeant first class Tal Shua, 31, from Beer sheva, a member of the 7071st Engineer Battalion, 4th Brigade, was killed in action in the southern Gaza Strip.Three seriously wounded were also reported: a reservist of the 8104th battalion was wounded in a battle in the south of Gaza, a fighter in the Shaked battalion of the Givati brigade was wounded in a battle in the north of Gaza and a fighter of the 12th battalion of the Golani brigade was wounded in battle in southern Gaza.
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December 22, 18:00
The IDF has released the name of another fallen soldier. Sergeant Amit Hod Ziv, 19 years old, from Rosh Ha Ain, a fighter in the 71st battalion of the “Barak” brigade, died during operations in the north of the country as a result of rocket fire from the Lebanese territory to the Shtula region.
During the same fire from the Lebanese territory, another soldier in the 71st battalion of the “barak” brigade was seriously wounded.
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Michael Kabesa speaks about his friend Alex spitz, with whom he worked 14 years in Tnuva in a program on Channel 14.
The most Spitz of them all.
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It hurts friends and associates in the work department who knew Alex Spitz for 14 years, who fell on Saturday evening in Khan Younes in a serious incident that left another dead and several injured.
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Alex was charming, a diamond, and the anchor of the group: strong and tough, but the softest and warmest gentlemen, tenacious and brilliant, but also shy and modest.
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A professional in everything that touches him both in work and in battle, the one who eats last, making sure that everyone is eaten, and also in the last battle took care of the others and saved the wounded in battle.
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Alex, this is the friend from work who will support you when you need him, and this is the dad with that special bond and with his son, the one you always wanted for yourself.
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Despite his advancing age, Alex insisted on serving in the first line at the front, because that’s how fighters are… It’s hard to let go.
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This photo was taken in Hazor at the Super Tribe school. The residents of Hazor received his battalion for about a month, pampered them, packed them up and gave them everything good.
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In one of the last messages he wrote to Mirit, he wanted to thank her and all the residents for their dedication and warm attitude.
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We are proud to have had the honor of providing you with a good experience, and I am proud to have known you and worked with you every day for 14 years.
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A flowerbed of beautiful flowers grows in the Garden of Eden, and another huge light disappears from the world.
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I greet you, Spitz, and I promise to remember you and continue your path and the path of the other fighters we lost until the victory.
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Big hugs to your partner, son and family, we miss our hero already, , rest in peace warrior.
Soldier of the Raven paratroop squad.
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On your way from the Gaza village, you told Michael: we are going up north, we need a place.
We immediately signed up for the mission and you came to our school “Super Tribe” and since then we didnt left you alone for a second.
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My crows – that’s how I called you.
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All my friends who met you immediately fell in love with you.
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Your magic was impossible to go unnoticed. A talkative person, an endearing personality, full of respect for others.
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Every time I came to you, you brought me a gift, every time something from you!
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Just a few days ago you were able to send me a letter from Khan Yunes.
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You missed home cooked food.
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Last Tuesday I came to Gaza to bring you some goodies prepared by the Hatzor women.
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I didn’t even think for a second that this time it would be the last gift I ever bring you.
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Superhero, exemplary father, loving friend.
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A heroic soldier who saves the wounded – that’s what kind of a person you were.
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He died as a hero for the holiness of the nation and the land. I will take care of your Idan and I will play with him water bombs, just like you played with my children.
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I love you, you will forever be with me in my heart.
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Sisters Talia and Tsahala, who will turn 11 next week, talk about their deceased brother Oshri Moshe Butzhak in the morning program “Eden and Oded” on December 26 on Channel 14. There are 4 more sons in the family. Oshri was the eldest and studied at yeshiva.
. December 23, 19:30The IDF has released the names of five more soldiers who died in combat in the Gaza Strip.Staff Sergeant Nir Rafael Kananian, 20, from Beit Keshet, of the Givati brigade, died in battle in the south of the Gaza Strip.Staff Sergeant Birhanu Kassi, 22, from Beit Shemesh, a member of the Givati brigade, died in battle in the south of the Gaza Strip.Chief sergeant first class in Reserve Shai Termin, 26 years old, from Rosh Pina, a soldier of the 6623rd battalion of the 55th brigade, died in battle in the south of the Gaza Strip.First sergeant in reserve Alexander Shpits, 41 years old, from Karmiel, a soldier of the 6623rd battalion of the 55th brigade, died in battle in the south of the Gaza Strip.Captain OshriMoshe Butzhak, 22, from Haifa, an officer in the Nahal Brigade, was killed in action in the northern Gaza Strip.In the same battle in which Nir Rafael Kananian and Birhanu Kassi were killed, five soldiers of the Givati brigade were seriously wounded. The wounded are in hospitals, their relatives have been notified of the incident.From October 31 to December 23, 143 IDF soldiers were killed during the ground operation in Gaza.
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December 24, 06:00
The IDF reported that eight Israeli soldiers have been killed in fighting in the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours.
Sergeant David Bogdanovsky, 19 years old, from Haifa, a soldier of the 603rd Engineer Battalion of the 7th Brigade, died in battle in the south of the Gaza Strip.
Staff Sergeant Orel Bashan, 20, from Haifa, a member of the 603rd Engineer Battalion of the 7th Brigade, was killed in action in the south of the Gaza Strip.
Staff Sergeant Gal Hershko, 20 years old, from Iftah, platoon commander of the 603rd Engineer Battalion of the 7th Brigade, died in battle in the south of the Gaza Strip.
Staff Sergeant Itamar Shemen, 21 years old, from Lapid, paramedic, fought in the 77th battalion of the 7th brigade, died in battle in the south of the Gaza Strip.
Chief Sergeant first class in reserve Nadav Issachar Farhi, 30, from Herzliya, paramedic in the 7810th Battalion of the Iftah Brigade, was killed in action in the center of the Gaza Strip.
Chief Sergeant first class in reserve Eliyahu Meir Ohana, 28, from Haifa, a member in the 7810th Battalion of the Iftah Brigade, was killed in action in the center of the Gaza Strip.
Sergeant first class in reserve Eliasaf Shoshan, 23, from Jerusalem, a member in the 6646th Battalion of the 646th Brigade, was killed in action in the center of the Gaza Strip.
Sergeant first class in reserve Ohad Ashur, 23, from Kfar Yona, a member in the 6646th Battalion of the 646th Brigade, was killed in action in the center of the Gaza Strip.
Five more soldiers were seriously injured: two from the 7th brigade, two from the 6646th battalion of the 646th brigade and one from the 7810th battalion of the 11th brigade.
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December 24, 12:00
The name of another IDF soldier who died on December 23 in a battle in the southern Gaza Strip has been published. Staff Sergeant Roy Elias, 21, from Tzofar a member in the 603rd Engineer Battalion of the 7th Brigade.
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December 24, 18:00
The IDF reported that Major in reserve Arieh Rein, 39, of Mishmarot, an officer with the 79th Battalion of the 14th Brigade, was killed in combat in the northern Gaza Strip.
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December 25, 06:00
The IDF reports the death of two more soldiers during fighting in the Gaza Strip.
Chief sergeant first class Nitai Meisels, 30, of Rehovot, a member of the 14th Brigade, was killed in action in the northern Gaza Strip.
Sergeant Rani Tamir, 20, from Ganei Am, a member in the 50th Battalion of the Nahal Brigade, was killed in action in the northern Gaza Strip.
Another soldier of the 50th battalion of the Nahal brigade was seriously injured.
From October 31 to December 25, 154 IDF soldiers were killed during the ground operation in Gaza.
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December 26 06:00
The IDF reports the death of two more Israeli soldiers during fighting in the Gaza Strip.
Staff Sergeant in reserve Elisha Yonatan Luber, 24, from Yitzhar, a member in the 8104th Battalion of the 179th Brigade, was killed in action in the southern Gaza Strip.
Sergeant first class in reserve Yosef Gitarz, 25, from Tel Aviv, a member in the 7029th Battalion of the 179th Brigade, was killed in action in the southern Gaza Strip.
It is also reported that on December 25, during the fighting in Gaza, four soldiers were seriously wounded – an officer of the 75th battalion and two soldiers in the 82nd battalion of the 7th brigade, and a reservist from the 6646th battalion of the 646th brigade.
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December 26 12:00
The IDF reported that Staff Sergeant Daniel Nachmani, 21, from Kfar Saba, a member in the 71st Battalion of the 188th Barak Brigade, died on Tuesday, December 26, from wounds received on December 22 near the northern border.
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Shai Shimriz‘s funeral at the Kiryat Shaul military cemetery in Tel Aviv on December 27.
Taken from an article in Hebrew in the newspaper Israel Today
In the evening, the IDF reported the death of three more Israeli soldiers during fighting in the Gaza Strip.
Chief Sergeant first class in reserve Maor Lavi, 33, from Susiya, a member in the 450th Battalion of the Bislah Brigade, was killed in action in the center of the Gaza Strip.
Major Shai Shamriz, 26, from Merkaz Shapira, commander in the 931st battalion of the Nahal Brigade, died in battle in the northern Gaza Strip.
Captain in reserve Shaul Gringlick, 26, from Ra’anana, an officer in the 931st Battalion of the Nahal Brigade, was killed in action in the northern Gaza Strip.
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Yaron Eliezer Chitiz
Thousands came today (Thursday) to the military section of the cemetery in Ra’anana to escort to eternal rest the city’s son, Captain Yaron Eliezer Chitiz, who was 23 years old when he died. Yaron was a deputy company commander in the Shaked Battalion of the Givati Brigade and was killed in battle in the northern Gaza Strip. He survived by his parents, three brothers and a sister. After his death his family donated his organs.
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The mother Debi mourned in tears: “Yaroni, what a special boy. Everyone loved you. What a special personality. Sorry Yaroni, I wish I could switch with you. You haven’t been home for 80 days. You arrived for Shabbat and we prayed the “gomel” blessing. You left on Sunday morning.
“I’m glad you were home at least on Saturday. I was worried but I understood that you need to come back. Yaroni, you made us all proud. I will always love you and miss you, hero of Israel. I love you to the sky and back. The people of Israel Lives”.
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“goodbye my son“
Father Clive said in tears over his son’s grave: “Everyone who knew you said only good things about you. Your unconditional love for your mother and siblings represented the person you were. You met the love of your life, Dera, and you planned your life together. You planned to start a family.
“Unfortunately, on October 7th, the war started. You believed in everything you did, you called ‘after me’ and the soldiers followed you, they trusted you. We honor you today in your death as we honored you in your life. Be our honest advocate in heaven. I will adore you and love you until my last day. I love you my son, goodbye.”
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Sister Yael also spoke and said: “My beloved little brother. How do I eulogize you? It feels unreal. How were you taken from us? Last time I saw you was on Sunday. I gave you a hug and told you not to be a hero and to come back to us. How did you do this to us? Just so you know, Dera will always be a part of our family. She will be like a sister to me. I will miss you very much. I would do anything for you to come back to us. You left a hole in my heart in your shape.”
“I adored you”
Brother Dovi said in tears: “You loved our country, you knew it. You climbed mountains and conquered peaks. Although I am your older brother, I am the one who adored you very much. They tell me I look like you and it fills me with pride because I want to be like you. I love you. I miss you terribly. The house will not be the same.”
Brother Daniel: “Yeroni, my little brother, my beloved brother, my good friend, where are you? You were a perfect brother. When I found out I had a son, it was clear to me that you would be his godfather. I always told my father and mother that you were their masterpiece. You were an amazing uncle to Adam. You were so loving and loved. I was a privilage to be your big brother. My heart hurts now, it hurts to know that the finish line came too soon.
“I’m happy that I got to have one last sit down with you this weekend. For 80 days I walked around with the fear that I would have to eulogize you. And this weekend gave me the feeling that everything will be fine. On Sunday the boy returned to the army and now the boy is gone.”
Brother Doron: “You are a real gift that we have received for 24 years. There are no such people, no such brothers. We miss you and cry for you. You are a royal dead. You are not only ours, you belong to the entire nation of Israel. Look how many people came, thousands of people throughout the Ahuza street with Israeli flags. The last act you did was to donate your organs. You have now risen to the rank of saint.”
Original text in Hebrew and some piictures is an article in the newspaper Israel Today
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December 27, 06:00
The IDF reported the death of three more Israeli soldiers during fighting in the Gaza Strip.
First Lieutenant Yaron Eliezer Chitiz, 23, from Raanana, deputy company commander in the Shaked battalion of the Givati brigade, died in battle in the north of the Gaza Strip.
Staff Sergeant Itay Buton, 20 years old, from Petah Tikva, a fighter in the Shaked battalion of the Givati brigade, died in battle in the north of the Gaza Strip.
Staff Sergeant Efraim Yahman, 21, from Neve Daniel, a fighter in the Shaked battalion of the Givati brigade, died in battle in the north of the Gaza Strip.
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December 28, 06:00
The IDF reported the death of three more Israeli soldiers during fighting in the Gaza Strip.
Sergeant first class in reserve Asaf Pinhas Toubul, 22, from Kiryat Motzkin, a member in the 77th Battalion of the 7th Brigade, was killed in action in the southern Gaza Strip.
Captain in reserve Neriah Zisk, 24, of Masuot Yitzhak, an officer in the 52nd Battalion of the 401st Brigade, died in action in the center of the Gaza Strip.
Major Dvir David Fima, 32, from Kfar Yona, deputy commander in the 198th battalion of the 460th brigade, died in battle in the center of the Gaza Strip.
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December 29, 10:00
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The IDF has authorized the publication of information that in a battle in the north of the Gaza Strip on the night of December 29, Captain Arel Sharvit, 33 years old, from Kochav Yaakov, an officer in the 7008th battalion of the 551st brigade, was killed.The funeral will take place on Friday, December 29, at 11:30 am at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem.It is also reported that an officer and a soldier from a military engineering school were seriously wounded in battles in the north of the Gaza Strip.Since October 7th, 502 IDF soldiers have been killed in the Black Saturday terrorist attack and the subsequent War of Iron Swords.
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December 30, 19:37
The IDF reported the death of two more Israeli soldiers during fighting in the Gaza Strip.
Chief sergeant first class Konstantin Sushko, 30 years old, from Tel Aviv, a soldier in the 7086th engineering battalion of the Golani brigade, died in battle in the central part of the Gaza Strip.
Captain Harel Itah, 22, from Netanya, platoon commander in the Givati brigade, died on December 30 from wounds received on December 22 in a battle in the south of the Gaza Strip.
The IDF press service reports that in the same battle in which Konstantin Sushko died, another soldier (reservist) of the 7086th engineer battalion of the Golani brigade was seriously wounded. In addition, in a battle in the north of the Gaza Strip, an officer of the 432nd Tsabar battalion of the Givati brigade and a soldier of the 7107th battalion of engineering brigade were seriously injured. A soldier (reservist) in the 5352nd battalion of the 179th brigade was also seriously wounded during the fighting in the central part of the Gaza Strip. A soldier in the 932nd battalion of the Nahal brigade was seriously wounded during operations on the border of the Gaza Strip.
As a result of a car terrorist attack near Hebron on December 30, a soldier of the 7018th reserve battalion was seriously injured.
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The IDF reports the death of two additional soldiers during the fighting in the Gaza Strip. Master sergeant in Reserve Eliraz Gabbai, 37 years old from Petach Tikva, a fighter in the 7810 Battalion, in the Yiftach Brigade, fell in action in the center of the Gaza Strip. Srgeant first class in Reserve Liav Seada, 23 years old from Tiberias, a fighter in the 7107 Engineering Battalion, was killed in action in the northern Gaza Strip.
Unfortunately, our heroic soldiers are dying every day in Gaza. There are also on the northern border from Hezbollah.
Posting information about them is taking more and more time. In fact, often from morning until late evening, or even until the night. Moreover when it is in three languages. For me it turned out to be an incredibly long and terribly tiring task.
At the same time, I want to compile the life stories of each and everyone of them. I ask relatives, friends, acquaintances, colleagues, and those who follow the Israeli tragedy on the Internet to prepare and send materials.
For Hebrew speakers, write also in English, after which it will be published in translation to Russian. You can attach 10-15, maximum 20 good quality photographs to the text. Also indicate the location of each photo. For those who write in Russian, also send in Hebrew and English.
This is a long-term activity and requires the participation of many people. I’d like to think there are such people who wants to help. Write about yourself along with your phone number to amigosh4@gmail.com
Apart from the war, I want to continue my normal life and publish materials on other various topics.
Continuation. For previous materials click here, here and here.
November 7th, we marked one month since that terrible morning when Hamas killers radically changed the lives of all Israelis. At the same time, little changed in the world; these “poor and innocent” non-humans still have great support.
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It was not easy to get to the Expo center from Petah Tikva by bus, since I took more than 20 kg with me clothes and shoes.
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On this day, the agricultural market was open again, although there were significantly fewer buyers than at the end of the week. Among the volunteers I met one, with whom I was on Friday, October 27th.
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Mira Artzi Padan, a yoga instructor who helped with the sales and then bought some for herself
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After leaving the place of sale, I talked to a person who bought a cardboard of vegetables and fruits, whom I had previously noticed when he was talking with volunteer Benny, and asked him to take a photo. He left the purchase with his wife, returned and said that Benny is his friend and that he would ask him for the link of the website.
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Shira Kass, Uri Kollman, Omri Dyaminshtein and Oren Algranti from …
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Ela Fekete (left) and Stav Magen from…
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Having taken these pictures in the underground parking lot of Hangar 1, where the 1st warehouse is located, I went to Hangar 2, where there is an even larger warehouse on the -2nd floor.
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Maya Grossman (with glasses) and Roni Madani from…
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Already a familiar face, 30-year-old Jaffa resident Eitan Amiel, who has been studying Russian for 1 year
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Just as I was about to leave, I noticed a group of people with badges who had arrived. It turned out that these were members of the WJC (International Jewish Congress) who had came to Israel for 3 days.
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Yoni Hammerman. Director a program “The Next Generation” of the World Jewish Congress. New York
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Adam Shapiro (Montreal) and Adela Cojab (Mexico)
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The visit ended with a popular Israeli psalm “How good and how pleasant to sit with brothers together”.
Please send details of those who recognize themselves in the photos (full name, place of residence…). You can also send other photos and video that will be added to the publication. And also the Facebook page address.
I will accept a family from the South or North to Petah Tikva. Perhaps also alone.
Preference for people in liberal professions.
There is a bedroom with a balcony and a room for one.
Nice house, convenient location.
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Liza Azil and Dan from Tel Aviv
Ishay Levi from Tel Aviv
Sonny Osorio, Cadorna Ariza and Mhalen De Jesus
Eitan Amiel from Jaffa
Foster Oneill from Tel Aviv, work in real estate
Dvir Arazi (28) from Hod HaSharon, teacher of software engineering and math in high school
Continuation. For previous materials click here and here
On October 31, I met a large group of new repatriates from the integration center in Ra’anana, among whom were from Usa, England, Australia, Canada, France, Ukraine, Russia…
Mostly 18-19 year olds, in the country from 3 months up to a year.
Uri Elias (left) from … and … … from …
Noam Lange from London
Ofek Yosef from New Jersey and Noam Lange
A 30-year-old resident of Jaffa Eitan Amiel, started learning Russian a year ago
Aleksandra Margovich from Moscow
Maya Armon, conducts training for volunteers in Hebrew and English
Filippino nursing care therapist, works in Tel Aviv. Carla Quinalayo, Shama Nissan and …
Send your pictures to amigosh4@gmail.com, as well as first and last names, age, where you came from and how long you have been in Israel. All that you send will be added and posted in this material. Please write the address of your Facebook page.
For the Previous large article about the war against Hamas thugs and the volunteers click here.
Last Thursday and Friday, the EXPO center in Tel Aviv hosted a market of agricultural products from the affected farms of the South.
After October 7th, farmers faced enormous difficulties. In the kibbutzim surrounding Gaza, dozens of Thai workers were killed and kidnapped, after which the rest of them returned home. The situation is the same throughout the whole country.
From early morning, Israelis began to arrive from many cities to support the farmers. Quite a few became volunteers.
I started helping at 8am and during next 5 hours I also took about a hundred pictures.
Cactus farm. Talmey Yosef settlement. Tel. 050-7549649b Shila and Yaakov
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Yanai Ashdod. Center for vegetables and fruits. Yesha settlement. 08:6483964. benel.shivuk@gmail.com
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Omri Barkan from Tel Aviv
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Sahar Hason, professional football player of israeli team SC Ashdod
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Lada Samoilova from Jaffa, travel agent and Maria Fukalova from Bat Yam, works at ZARA store
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Musicians from the Jerusalem symphony orchestra performed during the bazaar
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Omer and Tami Taub
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Cactus farm. Settlement Talmey Yosef. Raz Kazbini (left). On the right owner Yaakov
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To be continued
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I have a request to those who recognize themselves or their friends in the photographs to send me full names, place of residence and what you do, as well as the address of your Facebook page to amigosh4@gmail.com. You can also add your own photos.
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In 2.5 months I will be 73 years old. Since I have been bearing all the costs of maintaining the website for 15 years, spending enormous time and effort on preparing and publishing materials, I would be grateful for financial assistance, and I am also looking for those who can help improve the site (webmaster and web designer), as well as someone who can take interviews well (Hebrew, English, Russian) and can assist in preparing and posting publications.
Soon after the war began, Israel was overwhelmed by a wave of aid for soldiers and affected residents. In Tel Aviv, food and supply began to be collected the next day in the evening at Dizengoff Square. On the morning of October 10, a large space was opened in Hangar 11, on the port area, and on the 11th of October, the EXPO Center turned into a city of volunteers coming from all over the country.
Below there are pictures taken in the Hangar and then at the EXPO Center.
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October 9, Hangar 11
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Ben Milshtein, basketball player from Miami
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Lucy …from Tel Aviv, designer
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On the left is a new repatriate from St. Petersburg, a photographer Misha Alekseev, 4 months in the country
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2 cardboard boxes were sent to the family of each fallen IDF soldier who sat Shiva after the funeral
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Lada Samoilova from Jaffa, travel agent
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Maria Fukalova from Bat Yam, works at ZARA store
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At noon, heading to the EXPO, I found myself near Tel Aviv University. They also collect aid for soldiers and residents of the South. At the table a student Noa Shalom
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Eyal Berkovich is a former Israeli professional football player and currently a soccer commentator and TV presenter
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We’ll win together!
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Am Israel Chai!
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PS. From the editor belisrael
Some Hebrew-speaking Israelis, when they see the name of the website, think that it is a Russian site. I want to say that this is an Israeli site, on which there are many publications in Russian and Belarusian and also there are many in Hebrew and English. Yes, I devoted a lot of time to events there, especially in Belarus, from where I repatriated almost 33 years ago, having fallen into a trap set by individual Jews who, instead of repatriating and benefiting Israel, were engaged in the reconstruction of dictatorial Belarus.
At the same time, I often received letters saying that living there was becoming increasingly difficult and that needed financial help, which amount was way more than one thousand dollars. I was very tired of this, which I wrote about at the beginning of this year and repeated in the spring, when I stupidly screwed up again.
If a person feels like a Jew, then he should stop playing ping-pong with the dictator, which is whatRabbiBerl Lazar regularly does, who at yesterday’s meeting in the Kremlin, where the spiritual leaders of Putin’s Russia were invited, noted the international criminal as a very wise man:
Putin is a very wise man.
– If we look at the outside world, we will see how restless it is there. Here, I want to thank you again, there is no such tension. Even the fact that people don’t go demonstrate on the streets is very good. Because we all know that extremists take advantage of street demonstrations everywhere. Why is it that here we can be friends and rejoice together, but there it is impossible… it’s all thanks to your wise leade.
There are the same rabbis in Belarus, saying after both dictators that in the Ukraine there is a Nazi regime, which is represented by the Jew Zelensky, who was planted by America and the West.
After the outbreak of the war on February 22, 2022 in Ukraine, many Jews from Russia and Belarus rose up and repatriated to Israel. Most of them were doing well financially.
At that time, not everyone in Israel understood the situation correctly, believing that people had come to wait until the war is over and soon return back. I wrote then that this would last a long time and that life had changed. Starting from May last year, some of them stayed at my house for free from one week to 2 months. singles and families of 2-3 and even 4 people, a total of more than six months. In addition to housing, they received assistance in navigating the authorities, obtaining documents, opening a bank account, and even finding a good housing without real estate agent. Not everyone turned out to be grateful; they only heard themselves, but that’s another story.
I want to repeat once again that this is an Israeli website and therefore for a number of years I have spent a lot of time and effort telling about Israeli and international exhibitions that took place here. I published other materials on various topics in original and translation. The same applies to what happened after October 7th. I come to EXPO center almost every day, helping as a volunteer and take a lot of pictures. After which I sit at home for many hours, preparing materials for publication.
Yesterday from 8 am there was a market of agricultural products from farms in the South. And in the coming days, material with a very large number of pictures will be published in 3 languages. I am ready to advertise the affected farms from South and North and ask you to send information about yourself, including photographs in Hebrew and English, which will also be published in Russian translation. Also other businesses can tell about themselves, including new repatriates. I also look forward to letters from those who volunteer with stories about hobbies, sports, how they feel at the present time, and from those living outside Israel who oppose anti-Semitic and anti-Israeli propaganda.
In 2.5 months I will be 73 years old. Since I have been bearing all the costs of maintaining the website for 15 years, spending enormous time and effort on preparing and publishing materials, I would be grateful for financial assistance, and I am also looking for those who can help improve the site (webmaster and web designer), as well as someone who can take interviews well (Hebrew, English, Russian) and can assist in preparing and posting publications.
אנו קבוצת שטיר, מקדמים בברכה את המבקרים והמציגים בתערוכה המקצועית ה-9 לספורט, כושר, בריכות ספא ואורח חיים בריא.
Gym Israel הינה התערוכה המקצועית היחידה בישראל לענפי הספורט, הכושר, הבריכות ואורח חיים בריא ומהווה מוקד למפגש פורה בין יצרנים, יבואנים ומשווקים, לבין אנשי המקצוע, מקבלי ההחלטות ואנשי המפתח בענף. זוהי הזדמנות פז להיחשף לכלל הטכנולוגיות והמוצרים החדשים בנקודת זמן אחת, להתחדש, לפגוש קולגות, להעמיק את הקשר הבינאישי ולהעשיר את הידע המקצועי במסגרת התערוכה והכנסים המקצועיים. השנה, במקביל לתערוכה מתקיים הכנס ה-9 למנהלים בענף הכושר עם דגש על חדשנות, טכנולוגיה, מכירות ושיווק, והכנס המקצועי PROFESSIONAL FITNESS SUMMIT עם מגוון הרצאות מרתקות, אימוני הכשרה והעשרה יעודיים למאמנים ואנשי מקצוע בענף הכושר.
תודות לשותפים המקצועיים ולנותני החסות לתערוכה ולכנס על תרומתם לקידום ולהתמקצעות הענף והתעשייה בישראל. למבקרי התערוכה, אנו מקווים כי תפיקו את מירב התועלת מביקורכם בתערוכה והכנסים המקצועיים, ולמציגים אנו מאחלים תערוכה פורה ומוצלחת.
בברכה,
גיל שטיר מנכ”ל קבוצת שטיר בע”מ
Hello, we are the Stier Group, welcoming the visitors and exhibitors at the 9th professional exhibition for sports, fitness, pools, spas and a healthy lifestyle. Gym israel is the only professional exhibition for sports, fitness, pools and a healthy lifestyle and is a focal point for a fruitful meeting between manufacturers, importers and marketers, to the professionals, decision makers and key people in the industry. This is a golden opportunity to be exposed to all the new technologies and products at one point in time, to renew, to meet colleagues, to deepen the interpersonal relationship and to enrich the professional knowledge within the framework of the exhibition, professional conferences and trainings. This year, at the same time as the exhibition, the 9th conference for managers in the fitness industry is being held with an emphasis on innovation, technology, sales and marketing, and the professional fitness summit with a variety of fascinating lectures, training and enrichment sessions for coaches and professionals in the fitness industry. Thanks to the professional partners and sponsors of the exhibition and conferences for their contribution to the promotion and professionalization of the industry in Israel. To the visitors of the exhibition, we hope that you will get the most out of your visit to the exhibition and the professional conferences, and to the exhibitors we wish a fruitful and successful exhibition.
Gil Stier, CEO of the Stier Group Ltd
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Szymon Czyryca & Mateysz Stoch – La Le, Natural cosmetics (Krakow, Poland)
The Ganey Taaruha complex in Tel Aviv hosted the 28th International Mediterranean Tourism Exhibition IMTM on the 14-15 of February 2023
It was attended by representatives of the tourism industry of dozens of countries, as well as Israeli firms, hotels, kibbutzim, other tourist facilities, municipalities of cities such as Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Haifa, Netanya, Herzliya, Zefat, Ashdod, Eilat. I regularly visit such exhibitions, and make photo reports every year. I can mention such countries as Azerbaijan, Georgia, Lithuania, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Croatia, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Slovakia, Poland, United Kingdom, France, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Cyprus, Montenegro, Switzerland, Albania, El Salvador, Sri Lanka, Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, South Korea, Vietnam, Philippines, South Korea, Malta, Brazil, Colombia, Morocco, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and etc.
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Renata de Vuono – Brazil
Noritomo Katsuki – Kuoni Tumlare Japan
Fiona Kosmin – Israel Ministry of Tourism, Canada
Doston MuminjonovUmarbek Esanmurodov – Uzbekistan
Miraziz Mirzaakhmedov – Uzbekistan 24 Alexandr Zhitnik – TravelHacks.guru
Evgeni Brish – Medical SPA Egles sanatorija & Rasa Kmitiene – Palangos turizmo Lithuania
Yoko Moskovich – Israel Leisan Arash – Simplex Israel
for left: 1) Fabio Frassetto – Incomum, 2) Andre Salgado – Domundo, 3) … … – … 4) Christian Neme Soliva – Bancorbras Turismo, 5) Fabiano Camargo – Ct Operadora, 6) … … – … Brazil
Lydia Dearden – Not in The Guidebooks & Jamie Greystock – Dnata — Gold Medal UK
Darsey Smith – Norvegian Cruise Line UK & Eyal Solomon – Norvegian Cruise Line Israel
Rotem Iluz, Nativ Filibia, Yuliana Gadilov – Visit2Israel
Send us your stories on various topics, as well as stories about the business you are doing. It is possible to place your company logo on the main page of the site.
, rest in peace warrior.
