Fallen soldiers

Command Sgt.-Maj. (Res.) Barak Kalfon killed in southern Lebanon, IDF announces

Command Sgt.-Maj. (Res.) Barak Kalfon, a 48-year-old combat soldier in the 226th Brigade from Adi, was killed during combat in southern Lebanon on Friday, the IDF announced Saturday evening.

Command Sgt.-Maj.(res.) Barak Kalfon.
Sergeant Major (res.) Ayal Uriel Bianco

Sergeant Major Ayal Uriel Bianko killed in southern Lebanon, IDF announces

Staff Sergeant Touvel Yosef Lifshiz killed in combat in southern Lebanon, April 8, 2026.

IDF announces St.-Sgt. Touvel Yosef Lifshiz killed in combat in southern Lebanon

From right to left, Irit Oren Gunders and Zuri Dabush.

Klil chairman hails Israel Prize selection of Or L’Mishpachot founder


IDF reservist Yona Efraim Feldbaum killed by Hamas fire in Rafah amid ceasefire in Gaza

Yona Efraim "Efi" Feldbaum, 37, was killed in an incident that triggered a series of IDF strikes across Gaza against Hamas targets in response.

Chief Sgt. First Class (Res.) Yona Efraim Feldbaum

Forty-eight IDF orphans mark bnei mitzvah at Western Wall

Forty-eight children who lost a parent in IDF service marked their bnei mitzvah at the Western Wall in a ceremony of unity and remembrance.

An IDF orphan, wearing a beret from the Nachal Brigade, celebrating his bar mitzvah at the Kotel in Jerusalem, October 20, 2025.

New youth leadership program launched in Golan in memory of fallen hero Yossi Tahar

25 Druze teens to explore local heritage, Israel connection, and leadership skills.

The program cultivates young leadership grounded in heritage.

Sergeant Major (res.) Tal Haimi, the 'Defender of Nir Yitzhak' - explainer

Haimi, a reservist of the IDF's Paratroopers Brigade, served as commander of Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak's emergency response squad, and was murdered by infiltrating Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023.

Murdered hostage Sergeant Major (res.) Tal Haimi, 41, whose remains were returned to Israel on October 20, 2025.

Remains of hostage Tal Haimi return to Israel, Trump says Hamas violations will be 'taken care of'

Netanyahu meets with Witkoff, Kushner • Israel strikes Hezbollah targets in Nabatieh • Clashes erupt at Knesset opening session

A Red Cross vehicle transports the bodies of hostages who were held in Gaza since the deadly October 7, 2023, attack, after they were handed over by Hamas terrorists as part of a ceasefire and a hostage-prisoner swap deal between Hamas and Israel, in Gaza City, October 15, 2025.

Ceremony to honor 96 fallen immigrant soldiers to be held on National Aliyah Day

The main event will include the presentation of a book commemorating the stories of the 96 fallen olim, with several keynote speakers.

 IDF SOLDIERS operate in Beit Lahiya, in the northern Gaza Strip, in November.

'We will never forget': Israel marks two years since October 7 in state ceremonies

A state ceremony commemorating the fallen soldiers in the Israel-Hamas War first took place, and it was followed by a ceremony to remember the civilian victims of October 7 and the war.

A VIEW of Kibbutz Be’eri shows a destroyed home from a world left behind on Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas terrorists, Palestinian civilians, UNWRA workers, and media members infiltrated Gaza border communities and massacred 1,200 people.

Whoever threatens Israel will 'pay heavy price,' Netanyahu vows at state ceremony for the fallen

The military will commemorate those who fell during the Israel-Hamas war.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Presdent Isaac Herzog at the IDF ceremony for the fallen soldiers of the Israel-Hamas War. October 16, 2025.

Chief Sgt. First Class (Res.) Shmuel Gad Rahamim dies from Gaza combat wounds, IDF announces

Chief Sgt. First Class Rahamim, 31, from Giv'at Ze'ev, served in the 7015th Battalion in the Southern Brigade fell in southern Gaza.

Chief Sgt. First Class (res.) Shmuel Gad Rahamim, 31

IDF reservist killed by sniper fire in Gaza City before Gaza deal agreement

Sgt. First Class (res.) Michael Mordechai Nachmani, 26, from Dimona, was killed during fighting in the northern Gaza Strip.

Sergeant First Class (Res.) Michael Mordechai Nachmani.