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Sunday, August 3, 2014
Defense minister says KIA Hadar Goldin was a relative
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleDefense Minister Moshe Ya’alon says in a short Facebook post (Hebrew link) that Lt. Hadar Goldin, who was killed in Gaza on Friday, “is a member of my family. I have known him since he was born.”
“He and the other IDF warriors who fell in this operation went to battle in order to bring quiet and security to Israel. I embrace the grieving families,” he says.
Ya’alon and Goldin are second cousins once removed. Ya’alon’s grandfather and Goldin’s great-grandmother were siblings.
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