Fallen soldiers

Hands holding green organ transplant awareness ribbon (illustrative).

Families of three IDF soldiers killed in Gaza donate their organs for transplants

The families of Omar Van Gelder, Lior Steinberg, and Alon Farkas, three soldiers killed in Gaza this week, have agreed to donate their organs.

 Family and friends of Israeli soldier St.-Sgt.-Maj. (Res.) Alon Farkas attend his funeral

Hundreds in attendance as slain Israeli soldier Alon Farkas laid to rest

“You were always at the center of things, smiling and leaving your mark wherever you went," a representative of the IDF said.

05/06/2025

IDF announces contracting co. employee killed in northern Gaza

David Libi leaves behind his parents and seven siblings.

IDF makes consistent progress against Hamas, but strategic picture remains murky

Military kills another Hezbollah commander • Soldier killed in Gaza • Air defense shoots down rocket from Gaza

  Staff-Sergeant Danilo Mocanu, 20, who fell in combat in Gaza, May 21, 2025.

IDF announces death of Staff-Sergeant Danilo Mocanu

Staff-Sergeant Danilo Mocanu served in the IDF's 82nd Battalion, part of the 7th Brigade.

Honoring fallen friends: Soldier’s mark tributes to fallen friends through service and memory

"His memory is what keeps me going. It reminds me that our service is about more than just our lives—it’s about the legacy we leave."

  Private Arthur Gessner, who fell in combat in April 1949.

IDF locates body of soldier who died in 1949, was buried as part of mass IDF grave

A ceremony will be held in Rehovot, at which Gessner's name will be added to the headstone of the collective burial site containing all three bodies, the IDF confirmed.

15/05/2025

Fallen Hebrew Israelite soldier posthumously given Israeli citizenship

Sgt. Elishai Young fell in battle in the Gaza Strip in October 2024.

By AVICHAI HAIM , JERUSALEM POST STAFF
15/05/2025
  Sgt.-Maj. Tzvi Feldman in a coffin laid to rest in a military funeral in Holon Military Cemetery,

Sgt.-Maj. Tzvi Feldman is laid to rest at military funeral in Holon

Feldman fought in the Battle of Sultan Yacoub between Israel and Syria in June 1982, in which six soldiers were declared missing in action. His remains were recovered from Syria after 43 years.

By MOSHE COHEN
13/05/2025

The 'Post' looks back on search for Sgt.-Maj. Tzvi Feldman

Feldman was initially declared as one of three soldiers declared missing in action in 1984.

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