Fallen soldiers

IDF kills Hamas Nukhba operative who helped plan deadly attack on Israeli tank, killing four

Hamouda took part in planning the explosive device attack that killed four Armored Corps soldiers on September 8, 2025, according to the IDF.

IDF graphic shows Hamas terrorist Musa Abd Muhammad Hamouda alongside a list of his terror activities. Hamouda was killed in an Israeli airstrike on October 18, 2026.
IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir attends a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of Operation Entebbe at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem, July 12, 2026. (Illustrative)

IDF chief vows to apply October 7 lessons, pledges to pursue Israel's enemies at military ceremony

Capt. Eliav Haim Tzapalamus.

IDF probes suspected negligence after officer killed in Humvee accident in southern Lebanon

Amit Ben Yigal.

IDF court sentences terrorist who killed Staff Sgt. Amit Ben Yigal in 2020 to life imprisonment


Israeli flags placed beside grave of fallen soldier torn, vandalized

Staff Sgt. Regev Amar fell in battle in Kibbutz Kissufim on October 7 and was buried near the Nahal Hermon river, which his family says is the place he loved most.

Flags placed beside the grave of Staff Sgt. Regev Amar vandalized in the Sde Nehemia cemetery in northern Israel, August 4, 2026.

High Court rejects bid to recognize Israeli hostage mistakenly killed by IDF as fallen soldier

At the center of the case was a narrow but decisive legal question: whether Shamriz had entered military service by the time he was abducted.

The late Alon Shamriz

Mother of St.-Sgt. Oron Shaul, fallen soldier whose remains were held by Hamas, passes away

Zehava will be buried in Poria Illit, located near the Kinneret in northern Israel, beside her husband Herzl and son, Oron.

Zehava Shaul, mother of Oron Shaul, with supporters and family members of missing Israeli soldiers Oron Shaul and Hadar Goldin hold a protest outside the residence of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on August 9, 2019.

New Bullet-resistant MDA ambulance dedicated to two fallen IDF reservists

Nitai Meizels and Amishar Ben-David were remembered in Eli with a new ambulance designed to protect patients and medical teams.

 A soldier stands guard and defends the Sderot MDA station on October 7

Hezbollah terrorist kills IDF officer, wounds another soldier, during southern Lebanon operation

Cpt. David Hazutt was a platoon commander in the Golani Brigade's 12th Battalion.

Captain David Hazutt, 21.

IDF soldier dies, additional soldier injured, after vehicle overturns during operation in Lebanon

Chief Sgt. First Class (res.) Basil Sweid, 32, from Peki’in, was a driver in the 75th Battalion of the 7th Armored Brigade. He worked on the Rambam Medical Center's administrative team.

Chief Sgt. First Class (res.) Basil Sweid, 32, from Peki'in.

IDF chief Zamir visits with family of Armored Corps officer killed by Hezbollah in s. Lebanon

Zamir spoke with Ben Simhon's parents, his widow Ariella, and his five brothers, all of whom are or have been combat soldiers.

IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir visits the family of murdered soldier Lt.-Col. Dor Ben Simhon, June 21, 2026.

Staff Sergeant Nave Habshoosh named as fourth soldier killed in southern Lebanon tank incident

Lt.-Col. Dor Gedalia Ben-Simhon, 32, St.- Sgt. Yoav Klein, 21, and St.-Sgt. Liav Kababia, 20, also of the 52nd Battalion, 401st Brigade, were killed in the same incident.

Lt.-Col. Dor Gedalia Ben-Simhon, 32, St.- Sgt. Yoav Klein, 21, St.-Sgt. Liav Kababia, 20, St.-Sgt. Nave Habshoosh, 20.

Five soldiers killed, 13 injured within two days, hours of Lebanon ceasefire announcement

Four soldiers, including Klein and Ben-Shimon, were killed after an object struck their tank. Sgt. First Class Nir Ben-Ari is believed to be the only soldier killed in Hezbollah's overnight attacks.

Staff sgt. Yoav Klein, 21 and Sgt. first class Nir Ben Ari, 21

Netanyahu: IDF will exact 'very heavy price' from Hezbollah after deaths of four soldiers

"I told the Prime Minister, even in our private meetings: For every tear of an Israeli mother, a thousand Lebanese mothers must weep," Ben-Gvir wrote on X/Twitter.

Lt. Col. Dor Ben Simhon commander of the 52nd Battalion of the 401st Brigade