""Kadosh": 2 Givati ​​Patrol fighters killed in an explosive device explosion in a shaft east of Rafah

May 19, 2024   

Two fighters from Sayeret Givati ​​who fell in battle in the southern Gaza Strip: Sergeant Nachman Meir Chaim Vaknin, 20, from Eilat, and Sergeant Noam Batan, 20, from Moshav Yad Rambam. Moshe Biton 'played' it. Want a path to success too? • This is how you join The two fell from an explosive device in a shaft, east of Rafah. In addition, a combat officer and two other fighters from Sayeret Givati ​​were seriously injured in the incident. In addition, a reserve fighter from the 5832nd Mediation Battalion, Northern Command Engineering, was seriously injured in a battle in the southern Gaza Strip. In Eilat, a tribute was paid to Nachman Vaknin: "The city of Eilat bows its head and shares in the heavy grief of the Vaknin family, with the fall of Sergeant Nachman Meir Chaim Vaknin, the late, a fighter in Sayeret Givati, who fell in battle in the southern Gaza Strip, aged 20 when he fell. Nachman Meir Chaim, a graduate of the 'Zvia' high school yeshiva, grew up and was educated in Eilat. Mayor Eli Lankri, who accompanied the family - the mother lives in Eilat - last night, when the bitter news was received, said: 'Since the beginning of the war, bereavement has touched us all, hurting and wounding many families who lose their loved ones in the defense of the homeland, and their loved ones are our loved ones, the loved ones of the entire country. Today we bring to eternal rest one of the best sons of the city of Eilat. Nachman Chaim Meir, may God have mercy on his blood. 'His friends and family tell of how diligent and dedicated he was, caring and concerned, pure and a man of kindness, a salt of the earth who, just as he protected his family, so he protected his country and for its sake he risked his life. His teachers say that he was a boy with many strengths, which accompanied him in all the goals they set for himself and which he broke through when he enlisted in the army and arrived at the Givati ​​Patrol. There his name went out everywhere as a great fighter and a hero. Nachman's path, his faith, his love for humanity, his personality and his virtues will forever be engraved in our hearts. May Nachman's soul, and the souls of all the holy heroes, be bound together in the bundle of life. May his memory be blessed. "Our hearts are with the family and all the families of the fallen, your loved ones are our loved ones, the heroes of the entire nation." The funeral of Nachman Meir Chaim the 14th will take place today at 4:00 PM in the military section of the cemetery in Eilat. The head of the Gezer Regional Council, Hila Yadlin, paid tribute to Noam Batan the 14th: "We grieve the fall in battle in Gaza of Noam, son of Chana and Yehuda, brother of Haggi and Hodia, grandson of Reuven and Geula Aboutubol, and of Mazal Batan and Eliyahu the late. Noam studied at the Shalhevat Boys' School and Boyar High School in Jerusalem. His funeral will be held at 3:00 PM at the cemetery in the Gezer Regional Council." On Friday, before the start of Shabbat, it was announced that Sergeant Ben Avishai, 20, from Nahariya, a soldier in the ICT company of the Paratrooper Brigade, fell in battle in the northern Gaza Strip. Earlier, it was reported that a combat engineering fighter from Battalion 9227, Brigade 460, was seriously injured in battle against terrorists in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip. The fighter was taken to a hospital for medical treatment and his family was informed. Since the beginning of the war, 630 IDF soldiers have been killed, including 282 who fell since the beginning of the maneuver in the Gaza Strip.