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Father of fallen IDF soldier: ‘My heart is shattered and the wound is real’
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Sgt. Moshe Yitzchak Katz
The father of Sgt. Moshe Yitzchak Katz, who was killed fighting in Lebanon overnight Friday-Saturday, says his son had a “zest for life and jokes.”
“My heart is shattered and the wound is real,” writes Mendy Katz on Facebook.
The slain 22-year-old was a so-called IDF lone soldier from New Haven, Connecticut, in the United States.
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