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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 538

funerals

Druze religious leaders look on during the funeral of Colonel Ehsan Daqsa in Daliyat al-Karmel, northern Israel, on October 21, 2024. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
October 21, 2024, 9:56 pm
Druze IDF colonel Ehsan Daqsa, slain in Gaza, remembered as a ‘natural leader’
‘What else do you want from us, dear country?’ Druze religious leader asks, bemoaning ongoing discrimination against community, despite price its soldiers are paying in blood
By Sue Surkes
Sgt. Elishai Young who fell in Gaza on October 19, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
October 21, 2024, 4:37 pm
Death of soldier reopens debate about citizenship for non-Jewish Hebrew Israelites
Elishai Young, 19, who fell in Gaza, had not yet completed the 18 months of active duty needed for him, his mother, and his special needs brother to obtain Israeli citizenship
By Sue Surkes
Rachel Goldberg-Polin eulogizes her son, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, at his funeral in Jerusalem on September 2, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
September 2, 2024, 10:20 pm
‘We all failed you’: Heartbreak at funeral for Hersh Goldberg-Polin in Jerusalem
Thousands attend burial of dual US-Israeli citizen who became a symbol in the battle for the hostages, and was executed by his Hamas captors along with five others
By Jessica Steinberg and Agencies
Family and friends attend the funeral service of Yagev Buchshtav at the cemetery in Kibbutz Nirim, on August 21, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 22, 2024, 5:34 am
3 recovered hostages laid to rest in Israel, 10 months after they were taken alive
Families of Yagev Buchstav, Nadav Popplewell and Avraham Munder mourn missed chances for deal that could have saved their loved ones, at funerals in Nirim and Nir Oz
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Family, friends and Israelis attend the funeral of former lone soldier Jordan Cooper at the cemetery in Rishon Lezion, August 13, 2024. (Flash90)
August 14, 2024, 3:05 pm
Thousands attend US-Israeli lone soldier’s funeral after family asks public to show up
Jordan Cooper died of a nut allergy while in Israel after completing more than 200 days of reserve duty since October 7
By ToI Staff
Mourners carry the coffin of Gevara Ebraheem, 11, killed in a July 27 Hezbollah rocket attack on the Druze town of Majdal Shams, on July 29, 2024 (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
July 29, 2024, 1:51 pm
Funeral held for 12th child killed in Hezbollah rocket strike on Golan soccer field
Relative of 11-year-old Gevara Ebraheem says tragedy has ‘shaken our hearts’; Gallant: No difference between Jewish kids killed in south on Oct. 7 and Druze kids killed in north
By ToI Staff
Druze women mourn by a coffin during a funeral of a child killed in a rocket strike from Lebanon a day earlier, that Israeli authorities said killed 12 people including children in the Druze town of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights, on July 28, 2024. (Photo by Menahem Kahana / AFP)
July 28, 2024, 6:12 pm
Anger and grief mix as Majdal Shams buries 10 children killed in rocket strike
‘Lebanon should burn for this,’ says one resident amid calls in Druze town for IDF to strike back hard against Hezbollah, and for Israel to do more to protect northern residents
By Canaan Lidor
Rabbi Yehuda Deri (R), chief rabbi of the southern city of Beersheba, at the Western Wall in Jerusalem on December 12, 2012. (Yoav Ari Dudkevitch / FLASH90)
July 10, 2024, 4:51 pm
Eyebrows raised as son of late Beersheba rabbi is declared his successor at funeral
With no apparent authority to do so, ex-Sephardic chief rabbi announces at cemetery that son of Yehuda Deri will take over his father’s role as southern city’s top rabbinical figure
By ToI Staff
Released hostage Noa Argamani attends the funeral of her mother, Liora Argamani, at a cemetery in Beersheba, southern Israel, on July 2, 2024. (Dudu Greenspan/Flash90)
July 2, 2024, 9:20 pm
‘You made me the strong person I am,’ says ex-hostage Noa Argamani at mother’s funeral
Liora Argamani laid to rest 3.5 weeks after daughter’s rescue from Gaza; Noa thanks her for holding on so they could be reunited one last time ‘against all odds’
By ToI Staff
Soldiers carry the coffin of Sgt. First Class (res.) Omer Smadga, 25, who was killed the day before in a mortar strike in central Gaza, at the military cemetery in Netanya, June 21, 2024. (Jack Guez / AFP)
June 21, 2024, 5:57 pm
‘Went out to fight and didn’t come home’: Funerals held for 2 soldiers killed in Gaza
Saadia Yaakov Derai was ‘gentle as a feather’; Omer Smadga, killed on his father’s birthday, insisted on serving: ‘You didn’t hesitate for a second’; 2 reservists killed in mortar strike
By ToI Staff
People wave the Israeli flag as they pay their respect to counter-terror officer Arnon Zamora, who was killed in battle on June 8 during a special operation to rescue four Israeli hostages from Gaza, outside his family home in Mevasseret Zion, June 9, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 9, 2024, 10:41 pm
‘Hero of Israel’: Thousands pay last respects to officer killed in hostage rescue op
Arnon Zmora’s widow eulogizes ‘a sweet man full of laughter, sensitivity and compassion’; in tearful tribute, uncle of rescued hostage says families have ‘unbreakable alliance’
By ToI Staff
Family and friends and thousands of other Israelis attend the funeral service of Hanan Yablonka at Kiryat Shaul Cemetery in Tel Aviv, on May 26, 2024, two days after the IDF recovered his body from Gaza. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
May 26, 2024, 8:29 pm
In show of solidarity, thousands join funeral march for hostage Hanan Yablonka
Family appealed to public to take part in procession to call for hostage release deal; Yablonka was slain on October 7, body taken captive and retrieved by IDF last week
By Tal Schneider
Mourners attend the funeral of Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi, in Tehran, on May 22, 2024. (Atta KENARE / AFP)
May 22, 2024, 8:10 am
Chants of ‘Death to Israel’ as masses throng Raisi funeral procession in Tehran
Khamenei leads prayers over coffins of president and seven others killed in helicopter crash; funeral attended by top Hamas, Hezbollah officials
By AFP
People participate in a funeral procession alongside a truck carrying the coffins of Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi and his seven aides in Tabriz, East Azerbaijan province, on May 21, 2024. (Ata Dadashi / Fars News Agency / AFP)
May 21, 2024, 2:50 pm
Iran begins days of mourning for president and others killed in helicopter crash
Unclear if Ebrahim Raisi’s processions will draw the millions who have attended previous such high-profile events; prosecutors warn against any celebration of hardliner’s demise
By Jon Gambrell
Mourners attend the funeral of Shani Louk in Srigim, on May 19, 2024, two days after her body was recovered from Gaza by the IDF. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
May 19, 2024, 9:54 pm
3 recovered hostages laid to rest in Israel, 7 months after they were slain by Hamas
Mourners pay their respects to Shani Louk, Amit Buskila and Itzhak Gelerenter, with funeral for Ron Benjamin set for Monday
By Sue Surkes and ToI Staff
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