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Wednesday, June 25, 2025
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Wednesday, June 25, 2025
Herzog mourns 7 soldiers killed in Gaza: ‘Flowers plucked while defending our people and homeland’
From left to right: Lt. Matan Shai Yashinovski, Staff Sgt. Ronel Ben-Moshe, Sgt. Ronen Shapiro, Sgt. Maayan Baruch Pearlstein, Staff Sgt. Niv Radia and Sgt. Shahar Manoav. The IDF announced that the six were among seven soldiers killed amid fighting in the southern Gaza Strip on June 24, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
President Isaac Herzog mourns the seven soldiers killed in Gaza yesterday.
“A very painful morning in which we learned of the deaths of our dear and beloved sons in battle in Khan Younis. Seven flowers plucked while defending our people and homeland – Matan, Ronel, Niv, Ronen, Shahar, Maayan, and another fighter whose name has not yet been released for publication,” Herzog writes on X.
“The [fighting] in Gaza is tough, the battles are fierce, and the burden is heavier than can be borne. We bow our heads and embrace with pain and tears the bereaved and grieving families,” he says. “We pray for the recovery of the wounded fighters and strengthen all IDF soldiers and their commanders who carry on their shoulders the defense of all our lives.”
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