Live UpdateFrom the Liveblog of Sunday, June 4, 2023

‘I hope you didn’t suffer too much’: Uri Yitzhak Iluz, killed on Egypt border, laid to rest

4 June 2023, 6:48 pm 0 Edit

Family and friends attend the funeral of Staff Sgt. Uri Yizhak Iluz, who was killed on the Egyptian border on June 3, 2023, at the Safed military cemetery, June 4, 2023.(David Cohen/Flash90)

Hundreds of people are participating in the funeral of Staff Sgt. Ori Yitzhak Iluz in the northern city of Safed.

Iluz, 20, served as a combat soldier in the Bardelas Battalion. He was killed along with Sgt. Lia Ben Nun, 19, on Saturday morning at a guard tower on the Egyptian border.

The Egyptian policeman who infiltrated through the border and carried out the attack later killed another soldier during a shootout, Staff Sgt. Ohad Dahan. The attacker was then killed.

Iluz’s sister, Gal, eulogizes the slain soldier. “Our flower, our balance. I hope you didn’t suffer too much. It’s hard for us to deal with it. I love you,” she says according to Army Radio.

Staff Sgt. Ori Yitzhak Iluz, a combat soldier in the Bardelas Battalion, who was shot dead on the Egyptian border on June 3, 2023. (IDF Spokesman)