Fallen soldiers

Capt. Dr. Ori Yosef Silvester killed in combat, several others wounded, in southern Lebanon

During the incident in which he was killed, two officers and one soldier were severely wounded, one soldier was moderately wounded, and two officers and one soldier were lightly wounded.

Captain Doctor Ori Yosef Silvester, 30 years old from Tel Aviv, killed in southern Lebanon, June 1, 2026.
Staff Sergeant Adam Tzarfati.

Staff-Sergeant Adam Tzarfati killed from Hezbollah drone explosion in southern Lebanon

Staff Sergeant Michael Tyukin.

Staff-Sergeant Michael Tyukin killed in combat in southern Lebanon

Sgt. Rotem Yanai, 20

Sgt. Rotem Yanai killed during operational activity in northern Israel


Israel needs to end double standards against IDF troops who commit suicide - editorial

After giving so much of themselves to the country they were defending, these soldiers deserve the same status and honor from the IDF as any soldier killed in battle.

 Bereaved families, friends and Israeli soldiers visit the graves of fallen soldier during Remembrance Day which commemorates the fallen Israeli soldiers and victims of terror at Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem on April 30, 2025.

High Court hears petition on soldiers who died by suicide, says mental injury no less than physical

Justices pressed petitioners on whether the Almoz Committee discriminates, saying a broader recognition fight may require a separate legal path.

 Bereaved families, friends and Israeli soldiers visit the graves of fallen soldier during Remembrance Day which commemorates the fallen Israeli soldiers and victims of terror at Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem on April 30, 2025.

Sgt. Nehoray Leizer killed in combat in southern Lebanon

Leizer, 19, from Eilat, served in the 601st Combat Engineering Battalion in the 401st Brigade, the military said.

Sgt. Nehoray Leizer, 19

IDF Staff Sgt. Noam Hamburger killed by explosive drone near Lebanon border

Staff Sgt. Noam Hamburger, a technology and maintenance soldier in the 401st Armored Brigade, was killed in the incident, the IDF said.

Fallen IDF soldier, Staff Sgt. Noam Hamburger.

Maj. Itamar Sapir killed in southern Lebanon

Sapir was the deputy commander of a company in Battalion 7008.

MAJOR ITAMAR Sapir, 27, a fallen IDF soldier.

Capt. Maoz Israel Recanati killed during combat in southern Lebanon

Recanati was a Platoon Commander in the Golani Brigade’s 12th Battalion, and was due to marry his fiancée in about a month. 

Capt. Maoz Israel Recanati.

Staff-Sgt. Negev Dagan killed by Hezbollah mortar fire near Litani River in southern Lebanon

Dagan served in the Golani Brigade's 12th Battalion. He was posthumously promoted from Sergeant to Staff-Sergeant after the incident.

Fallen soldier Staff Sgt. Negev Dagan, 20.

First Sergeant Alexander Glovanyov killed in combat near Israel-Lebanon border

Glovanyov was a lead vehicle driver in the 6924th Transport Battalion. His family has been notified.

Fallen soldier First Sergeant Alexander Glovanyov.

OneFamily brings 1,000 bereaved Israelis together for Remembrance Day

OneFamily’s Remembrance Day ceremony for fallen soldiers and victims of terror brings hundreds of bereaved together.

Laly Derai (R) and Liat Smadga, co-hosts and bereaved mothers: ‘Tonight, we stand here together with one shared wish: to keep moving forward, to carry their memory with us, and to build a more connected, united, and whole Israeli society.’

Sgt. Liem Ben-Hamo killed in southern Lebanon

Twelve IDF soldiers were wounded on Thursday after a drone struck an armored military vehicle near the northern community of Shomera, as drone incursion sirens blared across northern Israel.

Sgt. Liem Ben-Hamo, 19, a Golani soldier who fell in battle in Lebanon in April 2026.