Israeli media is publishing new details about the last two IDF fatalities, Liad Lavi and Rami Kahlon, both of whom succumbed on Saturday to wounds sustained earlier in the week.
Rami Kahlon (courtesy family)
Kahlon, 39, leaves behind a wife, Pnina, and four children in the Sharon city of Hadera. “Rami was a recipient of the Chief of General Staff excellence award only a year ago, was a devoted father and a family man,” Hadera mayor Zvika Gendelman tells the Walla news site.
“Rami was a great guy, he was a pillar of his household,” a friend of the family tells Ynet.
According to the news site, his last wish was that his wife spread the word about Doron Elbaz, who set up a free refreshment station on his land near the Gaza border for soldiers heading to the fight.
Kahlon was injured by a grenade that exploded near him on Tuesday.
Liad Lavi, 22, also died on Saturday, after being wounded while entering a booby-trapped home.
Liad Lavi (Courtesy family)
“They opened fire and he was shot,” a family member tells Ynet. “He lost a lot of blood. They fought for his life in the field and in the hospital.”
His father spoke of their last vacation together, when they went skiing.
“We enjoyed it like crazy,” he tells the news site. “We decided we would also go skiing this year. he loved to [scuba] dive and all his brothers followed in his footsteps and dove as well.”
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