The funeral of Sergeant Yair Hanania, 22, from Mitzpe Netofa, who fell last night in combat in the northern Gaza Strip, took place this Sunday. He was part of the Shaked Battalion of the Givati Brigade, and was one month away from his release from compulsory military service. He was killed by the explosion of an IED in a building in Jabalia, alongside Sergeant Itai Parizat. Yair is the tenth fallen soldier from Yeshivat Hesder of Yerouham.
The director of the yeshiva, Rabbi Haïm Wolfson, paid tribute to him: “Yair was a joyful, radiant boy, with a sensitive soul, smiling and good. He exuded a special light, loved to sing and had an exceptional voice which contributed to the yeshiva's musical projects. Yair was a man of exceptional truth and sincerity, and he had chosen to continue in the army out of his own demand for truth and authenticity. difficult decision that others might have found difficult to make, but he persevered on this path, with all the truth that was in him He fought in Gaza since the start of the war, within a. group of fighters from the Shaked Battalion, for the State of Israel, unfortunately, he fell and gave his life in this just war, just before his release from service.
“Yair was the fourth soldier of his class to fall, and now we, the members of the yeshiva, along with the remaining comrades of this unit, are busy supporting them and coping with this heavy loss. We hope to find the strength to continue to move forward on the long road ahead of us, in this just war where we pray that it ends in a great victory for the people of Israel and that we can complete the entire mission and bring all our hostages home.
Note that numerous missile and rocket alerts sounded in the region during his burial, disrupting the ceremony.
