I hope this bloodshed will stop very soon, because war only has losers.

A sad story but I hope U feel the ten times pain that U are making the Palestinians to go through....Peace is the solution despite the fact that Israel is anti peace country!!!

now you can feel and experience what you are dishing out to the lebanes people.. you are the biggest bullies in the middle east,, the biggest terrorist group for that matter.. god bless hisbulah

You are all sorry excuses for human beings and definitely not G-d's children. How you can make sick statements like that is beyond the understanding of every Israeli, talk about murderous people, you are the ones not us. We fight in defence you fight to murder and conquer with no just cause but fanatiscism. Get off this site.

Due to a stupid prime minister and blood thirsty IDF we are suffering all these losses. Although my heart breaks at the loss of people, but I won't cry any IDF member because of the atrocities they already made in Lebanon. There will be more and more IDF who won't return to their Kibbutz, sadly because we have stupid and shameless Prime Minister STOP WAR NOW!

Brainless like you dont help to bring peace..

This article pains us dearly. The best of the best are paying the supreme price to ensure the survival of Israel. Anti-Semites and Israel haters have no idea of the menchlike qualities that belong to our serving soldiers. These bastards should take their hatreds elsewhere, on their own sites( if they can find any) and shrivel away in a cave.

We should have carpet bombed all the lebanese villages in the south.All their large cities should have been destroyed.Better ten thousand lebs die than one Israeli soldier should be wounded!

im an italian american and i only hope and pray that israel wipes you people out of the map. you start wars you cut peoples heads off. your fighting with every country. and your evil. STOP STARTING WARS AND THEN CRY ISRAEL IS THE AGGRESSER WHEN THEY DEFEND THEMSELVES.. STOP STARTING WARS.......

when you start a war for no reason expect to be pounced on with no mercy. dont forget the good ol arabs started this war once again. israel will finish it.

hana, your not very smart. even i know as a moslem that israel was not the agresser in starting this war. hosbella must be eliminated. they are the ones who are killing our people. we should all wake up. they are hiding behind our children

#1 - Completely agree! But if your neighbor has a mad dog who likes to go for your throat, sometimes killing the dog brings peace. #2 - Since when does Hizballah represent the Palestinians (or the Lebanese for that matter)? And who the f##k gave you the right to call Israel and anti-peace country? What do you know about Israel? What do you know about the Palestinians? Do you think what you see on CNN reflects the truth? It's only smoke and mirrors to cook up a story that sells. I refer you to the 2 recently uncovered Reuters forgeries. And how many of then have gone by unnoticed? Come to Israel, live among us, have breakfast at a cafe that blew up 2 months ago because some mother of some mujahed somewhere hated us more that she loved her own son. Then talk. #3, and 4: this is for you: http://powerlineblog.com/archives/014887.php

Isreali's cherish each life, the Lebanese and extremists dont. Next time you decide to harbor terrorists and see them setup shop in your neighborhood you will know the consequences. By doing nothing, you are with them and a terrible way to live a life. This man gave an ultimate sacrifice to his family and defended a better way of life for the rest of us. All these people posting above care about is rubbing it in your face---not life. Start praying and stop terrorizing--and all will be good.

Your country is now toast because Lebanon allowed this cancer called Hizbullah to permeate the land. Our prayers are with Yotam and his family.

Hana, how sad it is that you rejoice at death. The terrorists Hezballah started this war and now they are hidding behind womens skirts, and putting innocent childern to death. Hezballah is aiming directly at civilians in Israel even killing numeous Arab Israeli's YOU people are really sick with hatred and murderous hearts, I feel sorry for u the day you stand before GOD!!!

Sorrow and pain do not know frontiers or nationalities, hisbollah-fans! For every human being, it is devastating to loose a beloved relative! Let us hope and work for peace in the future!

Yes, he used to mark the rythm with bombs over Lebanon.

Israelis and Lebanese die and Israelis mourn. Israelis die and Arabs rejoice. Lebanese die and Arabs use them as an excuse to kill more Israelis. What does that say about national character? If the Arabs lay down their arms there will be no more violence, no more killing. If the Jews lay down their arms ther will be no more Israel.

HE IS CALLING THE DEFENDERS OF ISREAL BABY KILLERS.

The disgusting comments so far on this talkback (1 - 4) only serve to highlight the differences between the Israeli soldiers and the Hizbollah cowards, and why Israel has to eradicate the HB scum. There is no comparison between this young man and his life of contribution and achievement, and the murderers who ended his life. All they seem able to do is hate and murder - whether others or their won, they don't care. Such is the way of the cult of Islam and its maniac adherents.

Ha, you did not publish everything I wrote. Did you made the mistake or the IDF !

You are callous and I will never feel sorry for your position if you cannot even be human enough to regret the death of a young man worth more than all of you. As to #4 your numbers are questionable, even the PM of Lebanon has been shown to exaggerate his numbers after a emotional tirade of course. I know this will not change your evil minds and don't bother to post your usual name calling and screaming crap. I will not respond to it or to any of you that cannot rationally discuss or present your opinions. I don't understand your reasons, other than to just bait people, why you choose to post on an Israeli newspaper, could it be there are no talkbacks in your own papers or that if you say the wrong thing someone may be banging at your door?

Another brave man lost because of a bunch of cowards too scared to root out terrorists in their own country. Talk of occupation. You have been occupied by Iran and Syria for how long?

Condolences... All jews around the world are mourning with you. He's is and always will be our heroe.

My heart goes out to the fallen heros of Israel. Please know that there are still sane people in this world that support you and know that you are in this war to protect your country and the rest of the world from the new Nazis in the face of Hesbullah, Hamas, Ahmadinejan and the likes of them. The rest of the world, pray for Israel, because you, the rest of the world, are the next target of these Islamic terrorists. So pray really hard for Israel and its heroes.

What disrespect the other commentators have shown for this young man and his family! Yotam served his country, fought for freedom from terrorists, and sacrificed his own life to save others. The Lebanese should be thanking him for helping get rid of a terrorist force occupying their country. And the comment from London - you don't think your country will be effected by terrorists? You have quite a short memory - just last year your pubic transportation was hit by people that have the same ideology as those in the Hizbullah. My thoughts and prayers are with Yotam's family and the thousands of other Israeli soldiers fighting a war that the rest of the world is too scared to fight!