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Monday, October 21, 2024
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Monday, October 21, 2024
Thousands attend funeral of senior IDF officer killed in Gaza
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Mourners carry the coffin of IDF Col. Ehsan Daqsa, who was killed in clashes in Gaza, during his funeral in Daliyat al Karmel on October 21, 2024 (Photo by Jalaa MAREY / AFP)
Thousands of people attend the funeral of Col. Ehsan Daqsa, the commander of the Israel Defense Force’s 401st Armored Brigade, who was killed during fighting in the northern Gaza Strip yesterday.
The funeral began in his home in the Druze town of Daliyat al-Karmel and ended at the military cemetery in the nearby town of Isfiya.
Among those paying tribute to Daqsa is Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, who says that his “excellence in battle and his courage have been clearly evident since the start of his service.”
Daqsa, 41,was one of the most senior officers to have been killed in the fighting in Gaza. In all, six IDF colonels have been killed in the fighting, four of them during the October 7 onslaught.
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