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Netanyahu offers ‘heartfelt condolences’ to family of soldier killed in Gaza
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleLazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offers his condolences on the death of Master Sgt. (res.) Yona Efraim Feldbaum yesterday in a Hamas attack in the southern Gaza city of Rafah.
“My wife and I send our heartfelt condolences to his family and embrace them in their time of grief,” says Netanyahu in a statement.
“Efi, of blessed memory, fought bravely against the Hamas murderers and gave his life for the security of Israel,” he adds.
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