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Those We Call Heroes

People saving others and making lives better
A caregiver walks with an elderly woman on Jaffa Street in downtown Jerusalem on July 2, 2023. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
July 4, 2024, 11:27 am
Right-wing MKs seek to eliminate pension payments to foreign caregivers
Bill exempting elderly, sick, disabled from making pension contributions for their aides passes preliminary reading; workers’ hotline warns it may keep good carers away from Israel
By Sue Surkes
The late Noam Ashram and his family, in an undated picture. (courtesy Ashram family)
May 8, 2024, 11:11 am
Website aims to tell stories of fallen soldiers to their young kids
‘Remember with Letters’ founder plans to write out by hand letters submitted by soldiers about their fallen comrades and present them to the bereaved
By Gavriel Fiske
Screen capture from video of members of the Phoenix battalion at a farewell ceremony in Kibbutz Nir. (Channel 12. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
February 28, 2024, 12:16 pm
Job done? Retired reservists’ Phoenix tank unit disbands, for now
Group of former soldiers hammered together 5 armored combat companies for Gaza war since Oct.7; army sees its task as completed, but leader hints that it may yet rise again
By ToI Staff
Eran Masas stands on the outskirts of Kibbutz Magen on February 19, 2024. (Canaan Lidor/Times of Israel)
February 20, 2024, 8:34 pm
On Oct. 7 killing grounds, a vigilante army vet inspires grieving US Jewish leaders
Eran Masas tells American visitors how he risked his life – and lied to his wife – to rescue survivors despite having no official mandate to act
By Canaan Lidor
Jaqueline Glicksman (R), 81, recounts jumping out of her safe room's window to escape Hamas terrorists on October 7, on her first visit to her ruined home since the attacks, in a report aired February 1, 2024 (Channel 12 screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
February 2, 2024, 4:56 pm
The 81-year-old woman who climbed out the window to escape Hamas
Jaqueline Glicksman visits her ruined house at Kibbutz Ein Hashlosha, describes her harrowing escape from terrorists who burned down her house
By ToI Staff
Nasreen Yousef. (Screenshot taken from Channel 12/Keshet TV, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law).
January 28, 2024, 12:25 pm
How a Druze mom fooled Hamas into revealing its attack plans on Oct. 7, saving her town
From attackers in her yard, Arabic speaker Nasreen Yousef found out where more terrorists were hiding, then got a Hamas operative on the phone and passed critical intel to the IDF
By Sue Surkes
Rabbi and actor Hagay Lober is staging a one-man play in memory of his son, Elisha Yehonatan Lober, a reserve duty soldier killed December 25, 2023, while fighting in Gaza (Courtesy)
January 25, 2024, 1:09 pm
A month after his son fell in battle, a father stages a one-man play about October 7
Hagay Lober, a rabbi and an actor, hopes to bring solace with show about the mourning process, by his Jerusalem’s Aspaklaria theater company
By Jessica Steinberg
Yuval Hizkiya, a paramedic who saved a life under fire, in a Channel 12 report broadcast January 20, 2024. (Screen capture: Channel 12. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
January 21, 2024, 12:06 pm
Under fire in Gaza, hero paramedic saved life of tank crew member
When tank in front of her was hit by a rocket, Yuval Hizkiya gave first aid and fired at terrorists, keeping wounded soldier conscious long enough to get him to a hospital
By ToI Staff
Volunteers in the US packing thousands of pairs of certified, army grade boots into duffle bags to ship and donate to Israeli soldiers during ongoing Hamas war. (Courtesy)
January 14, 2024, 4:51 pm
Something is afoot: Volunteers fit IDF soldiers with US military boots amid Hamas war
Brother- and sister-in-law duo in New York and Modiin raise funds to ship and distribute durable, waterproof footwear to front-line fighters; so far, they’ve supplied 10,000 pairs
By Sharon Wrobel
Illustrative: Dairy farm manager Gabo Altmark, a member of the Zikim civil guard, helped prevent Hamas terrorists from entering the kibbutz on October 7, pictured with Ghanian trainee Kwabena Frimpong on Kibbutz Zikim, December 2023. (Bernard Dichek)
January 13, 2024, 1:06 pm
Undeterred by Oct. 7 massacre, foreign interns keep Gaza-periphery dairy farms afloat
Agricultural students from Africa and Asia plant themselves on mostly-evacuated kibbutzim, helping to tend to the herds during a labor shortage
By Bernard Dichek
Shekoufeh 'Chicki' Elghanian, left, and volunteers at her Herzliya apartment, on December 28, 2023. (Gavriel Fiske/TOI)
January 13, 2024, 8:38 am
The Persian-Jewish grandma who wants to feed the entire IDF from her apartment
NYC-raised scion of one of Tehran’s most prominent Jewish families, 84-year-old ‘Chicki’ Elghanian makes 300 meals a day while praying for the destruction of the Iranian regime
By Gavriel Fiske
Undated photo of Tomer Nagar drinking beer. (Courtesy Nagar family)
January 4, 2024, 1:49 pm
Family of fallen Oct. 7 hero Tomer Nagar commissions line of beers in his honor
IDF soldier who singlehandedly fought back against rampaging terrorists at Kissufim base until his last bullet, saving others, is memorialized for his deep fondness for brews
By Stuart Winer
A refurbished tank on the move. (Channel 12 screenshot, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
January 1, 2024, 2:29 pm
Fixing up old tanks and recruiting old reservists, a tech VP creates a new battalion
Says one new-old recruit: ‘If there’s anyone I’d want to go to battle with, it’s these guys’; Phoenix unit initially replaced tanks on border but has since seen action inside Gaza
By Sue Surkes
Capt. (res.) Sivan Sekeli Ben Zichri (Facebook)
December 18, 2023, 9:52 pm
Officer tasked with arranging constant IDF funerals nearly died after heart gave way
Following weeks of notifying families of fallen loved ones, and non-stop burials, Sivan Sekeli Ben Zichri suffered cardiac arrest caused by tear in heart artery
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Jack Kulbersh lights a menorah (Courtesy: Project Menorah)
December 7, 2023, 8:18 pm
Dad launches ‘Project Menorah’ to support Jews fearful of displaying Hanukkah lights
To combat antisemitism, a Los Angeles-based grassroots initiative invites the non-Jewish public to print and display images of menorahs for passersby to see during the festival
By Matt Lebovic
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