Funeral held in Jerusalem for former IDF commando killed in West Bank terror shooting

Yonatan Deutsch, who was killed in a terror shooting attack in the Jordan Valley yesterday, is laid to rest in Jerusalem.

Deutsch, 23, was a commando in the IDF’s Maglan unit and was part of the security forces who scrambled to Kibbutz Nahal Oz on the day of the Hamas October 7 massacre.

The Beit She’an resident also served in Gaza during the ongoing war. He was recently discharged and was planning to marry his fiancée, Emuna.

“Yonatan wanted to work in education, to join a youth village, to guide. He was a people person, a giving person, a joyful person. He loved his country and his people in an extraordinary way,” his father, Uri Deutsch, told Kan news earlier today.

“Among other things, he was involved in a project called ‘Tikvateinu’ (“Our hope”), a project that works to connect all parts of Israeli society, religious and secular people. We all have a common basis of being Jews, Israelis. He dreamed of establishing a movement and influencing the entire Israeli society.”

Deutsch was shot dead in a terror attack yesterday when his car came under fire in an attack claimed by Hamas near the Mehola Junction on Route 90, the main north-south artery in the Jordan Valley.