Four fighters were killed yesterday (Sunday) following the bombing of Kerem Shalom. The dead: Sgt. Ido Testa (19, Jerusalem), Sgt. Reuven Mark Mordechai Assouline (19, Ra’anana) and Sgt. Tal Shavit (21, Kfar Giladi) and Michael Ruzal, 18, from Rishon Lezion.
Reuven Mark Mordechai Assouline
19 years old, originally from Ra’anana, fighter of the Shaked battalion, Givati brigade . He is survived by his parents, a sister and two brothers. His family immigrated to France around ten years ago. He will be buried tomorrow at the Klausner Street Military Cemetery in the city. Reuven’s cousin Dana said through tears: “Reuven was a Zionist. He immigrated from France. He truly wanted to serve in his heart. He was an extraordinary boy, a good boy. He wanted the power of time to create a good, happy, smiling atmosphere. The whole family immigrated from France in 2014 through Zionism. He always took care of his little brother. He was an extraordinary brother.
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Mayor Haim Broida: “The community of Ra’anana is broken and suffering from the death of the town’s son, a graduate of Ostrovsky High School. In these difficult days, we all embrace Reuven’s family and mourn their pain.
Of blessed memory”.
Ido Testa
19 years old, from Jerusalem, fighter of the Shaked Regiment, Givati Brigade. He lived in the Har Homa district. Sharon Martin, a volunteer with the fighters, known as “the mother of the Shaked unit”, paid tribute to him: “We are heartbroken, with great sadness, with immense pain, we mourn the fall of a good brother -loved, of a friend, partner, a virtuous individual Ido Testa, the late warrior, hero, fighter. There are no words to express how present you are in our hearts.”
At the Jerusalem Hebrew Gymnasium high school where Sgt. Ido Testa, a tribute was paid to him: “The Hebrew Gymnasium community mourns the death of Ido Testa, who was a fighter at Givati and fell at Kerem Shalom. We share the family’s deep mourning. Ido graduated from the 2nd class. Of blessed memory”.
Tal Shavit
21 years old, originally from Kfar Giladi, fighter of battalion 931, Nahal brigade. The mourning notice in the kibbutz read: “Heartbroken. Members and members of the Kibbutz Kfar Giladi community announce with great sadness the death of Tal Shavit, a fighter from Battalion 931 of the Nahal Brigade, during an operational activity in Kerem Shalom on the Gaza Border. Tal, son of Ayelet and Ran Shavit, brother of Ofri and Rotem and grandson of Uri and Neta Mar-Chaim. How proud they were of him. How much they took care of him during his seven months of fighting in Gaza. May his memory be blessed.”
Liron Lustig. The family friend paid tribute to him: “Tal is an extraordinary boy, he was sociable, he was active in a youth movement and mentored children from the kibbutz who loved him very much and connected with him. A captivating and intelligent boy. Always with a smile on his face. Ran, the father, was proud of him. He fought in Gaza for five months.
The Israeli army revealed the name of the fourth soldier killed yesterday in Kerem Shalom by Hamas bombings from Rafah.
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He is Sergeant Michael Ruzal, 18, from Rishon Lezion. He serves in the 931st Battalion of the Nahal Brigade
Ten other soldiers were hospitalized at Soroka hospital, three of whom were seriously injured and are in a coma. Three were slightly injured and one was slightly injured.
The IDF press service reported that terrorists fired shells at Kerem Shalom from a mortar located 300 meters from the evacuee camp east of Rafah. The army is investigating why the soldiers did not have time to hide in concrete protective structures, whether they were warned of the bombing in time and whether they acted as planned.
