"The commanders in the field showed courage and composure, commanded from the front and jumped to help and rescue the wounded warriors. As part of the heroic battle, some of the commanders and fighters who came to help and rescue the force in the building were killed," the IDF said in a statement, along with footage from the battle.
During the conversation, when the subject of missing his family back home came up, I surprised him and showed him a video of his little 3-year-old daughter watching a picture of her father on the front page of our paper.
Master sergeant (res.) Gal Meir Eisenkot, 25, who served in the esteemed 699th Battalion, was killed in battle in the northern Gaza Strip.
The combat officer (whose name is withheld) previously served as a fighter and commander in one of the special forces units of the IDF and also in the Givati Brigade. Prior to the war, he had been serving as the head of a branch at the IDF Ground Training National Center, where he was supposed to participate in preparing ground forces for combat in the Gaza Strip.
With the expansion of ground operations, cooperation between the Israeli Navy and the ground forces has also expanded.
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In Israel's wars and various operations, large and small, many fighters have been wounded. Others were severely wounded in serious attacks and left scarred in body and soul.
The two will practice, among other things, defense against missiles and simulate strikes.