5 fighters from the Haredi Arrow Company were killed in Jabalia by tank fire

May 16, 2024   

Five fighters from the ultra-Orthodox Arrow Company of the paratroopers from Battalion 202 were killed in battles in the northern Gaza Strip. Moshe Biton 'played' it. Want a path to success too? • This is how you join The fallen soldiers are: Captain Roi Beit Yaakov, 22, from the settlement of Eli; Sergeant Gilad Aryeh Boim, 22, from Karnei Shomron; Sergeant Daniel Hamo, 20, from Tiberias; Sergeant Ilan Cohen (a lone soldier who immigrated from Argentina), 20, from Karmiel; and Sergeant Bezalel David Shashua, 21, from Tel Aviv. Eight more soldiers were injured in the incident, including three whose condition is classified as serious. The rest were evacuated to hospitals in moderate and mild condition. The number of IDF casualties since the start of the war has risen to 626.

Incident details:

A high-casualty incident in Division 98, where IDF forces are operating inside the Jabaliya refugee camp and are experiencing combat and RPG fire with dozens of anti-tank launches directed at the tanks. Yesterday morning, fighters from Battalion 202 entered to seize an axis in the refugee camp, accompanied by a pair of tanks from Battalion 82 of the 7th Brigade. The fighters positioned themselves in a building near the tanks, where the Samaj Company headquarters was also set up. The tanks secured the axis, had closed shelves, and at one point also spoke with the deputy company commander who passed by them. Yesterday evening, around 7:00 PM, the tanks detected a barrel protruding from the window of the building. The tanks fired two shells at the building where the paratroopers were on the first floor. 5 fighters were killed: a company commander and four fighters - from the HaZ Company - the Haredi Paratroopers Company. In addition, 8 soldiers were injured, 3 of them in serious condition. The IDF is investigating the incident, which is defined as double-sided fire, and is, among other things, examining whether the tankers exceeded the boundaries of the sector, whether there was a misidentification, and whether excessively high operational tension led to the reckless firing of shells.

The fighters: 

Journalist Kalman Libeskind announced this morning (Thursday) that his nephew, Sgt. Gilad Aryeh Boim, late Fell in the terrible disaster. "Gilad, our beloved nephew, a boy full of light and goodness, a loyal soldier of this good land, was killed defending the homeland," Libeskind wrote, concluding his words with the sentence: "The people of Israel are alive." The funeral of Boym, 22, from Karnei Shomron, will be held at 3:00 PM in the cemetery in the village. Yigal Lahav, former head of the Karnei Shomron council, paid tribute to Boym: "Last night in the terrible event in the Gaza Strip, unfortunately, a man from the village was killed, Gilad Boym, a paratrooper, a boy from the village with a smile and a huge heart. Gilad is the son of Ruth and Benny and the brother of Roy, Yuval, Sharon and Chen Atara and is named after Gilad Zer, the late. Enormous and inconceivable pain and our hearts are with his dear family. May his memory be blessed.". Captain Roi Beit Yaakov, late Resident of the settlement of Eli in Binyamin, son of Hadas and Avidan, chairman of the settlement. Resident of the settlement of Eli in Binyamin, son of Hadas and Avidan, chairman of the settlement. Roy, a graduate of the Mechina in my house and its 21st fallen in the war, and Sergeant Gilad Aryeh Boim from Karnei Shomron. Head of the Binyamin Regional Council and Chairman of the Yesha Yisrael Gantz Council paid tribute to Roy Beit Yaakov: "Immense pain for the family, for the settlement of Eli, whose residents and graduates are at the forefront of the war, and for all of Binyamin. How much sorrow is involved in the resurrection of the Jewish people in their land. How many heroes do we have who risk their lives so that we can win and live here in the Land of Israel in peace and security. Thanks to them, we will win." The funeral will be held today at 3:00 PM at the military cemetery on Mount Herzl. Corporal The late Ilan Cohen He is a lone soldier from Argentina. Cohen came to Israel after finishing high school in Argentina. He first studied at the Chabad yeshiva in Migdal HaEmek and since last winter he has studied at the Har Bracha yeshiva, from where he joined the Paratroopers Brigade, Battalion 202. During the night, family members were informed of Ilan's fall by the Israeli ambassador to Argentina. Eyal Sela And the consul Yehuda Golan.The family is accompanied by the community rabbis. The family belongs to the Or Mizrahi and Megillat Achdut Yisrael congregations in Buenos Aires. The parents are currently making their way to Israel. The deceased is expected to be buried in the Herzl Cemetery in Jerusalem. Rabbi Eliyahu Hamara, rabbi of the 'Amaya' congregation, the umbrella organization of the Jewish community in Argentina: "We received with great sadness this evening the shocking news of the fall of Corporal Ilan Cohen, a lone soldier from Argentina, who was killed in the fighting in Gaza. We accompany his family at this difficult time, and send condolences to his parents David and Adriana."'