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Adam dreamed of combat service from age 15: 'Becoming a commando was the happiest day of his life'

Parents of Staff Sgt. Adam Tzarfati, who was killed by drone strike in southern Lebanon, remember a son who ‘gave everything he had,’ while friends described him as a natural leader, loyal teammate and ‘the glue’ of their group

Roy Rubinstein | 06.01.26

IDF soldier Staff Sgt. Adam Tzarfati killed by drone strike in southern Lebanon

Another soldier was seriously wounded in the strike, and two others lightly wounded; Tzarfati is the 14th soldier killed since the unobserved ceasefire in Lebanon took effect

Elisha Ben Kimon | 06.01.26

‘A hero of Israel’: comrades call on public to attend fallen soldier’s funeral

Staff Sgt. Michael Tyukin, 21, was killed in a Hezbollah drone strike in southern Lebanon; comrades say the immigrant soldier had a small family and deserves a large crowd to honor him; his commander urged troops: 'Keep your heads up! For Tyukin!'

Roni Green Shaulov | 05.31.26

Away from grief, bereaved IDF parents find room to breathe — and each other

Thirty-six bereaved families traveled to Milan with Or L’Mishpachot, finding rare moments of friendship, remembrance and quiet relief as they carry their children’s memory into life beyond loss

Dennis Bihler | 05.30.26

Fallen soldier Nehoray Leizer buried; His mother: 'I knew something was going to happen to you'

Sgt. Nehoray Leizer was killed by a drone in southern Lebanon; 'I love you with all my heart and promise that everywhere, people will hear about you. No one will forget my son'

Ilana Curiel | 05.25.26

Sgt. Nehoray Leizer killed by explosives-laden drone strike in southern Lebanon

Hezbollah has increased the pace of attacks using fiber-optic drones; plans for the continued fighting against Hezbollah have not yet been approved by the political echelon, in part because of U.S. President Donald Trump is advancing a diplomatic initiative with Iran

Elisha Ben Kimon | 05.25.26

'He wanted to work with drones, but one got him first’: mother mourns fallen IDF soldier

Staff Sgt. Noam Hamburger, a combat technology soldier killed in a Hezbollah drone strike near the northern border, had planned a career in drone technology; he supported his sister through cancer and was due to finish his service in weeks

Alexandra Lukash, Eitan Glikman | 05.24.26

'He gave his all defending the country; he was and will remain our great pride'

Staff Sgt. Noam Hamburger, killed in a drone strike near Lebanon weeks before completing his military service, is remembered as a gifted, modest student with 'a heart of gold' who gave his all

Eitan Glikman | 05.24.26

Captain Maoz’s last gift to wounded comrade: 'He promised to come visit again'

Two weeks before he fell in battle, Capt. Maoz Recanati left Lebanon to visit wounded soldiers in the hospital, giving a battalion flag to R., a tank soldier who later attended his funeral in a wheelchair

Eitan Glikman | 05.20.26

Maj. Itamar Sapir killed in Lebanon after speaking to wife; son named for fallen friend

Sapir, 27, a Maglan reserve officer from Ariel, was killed by a Hezbollah terrorist who opened fire from a church in southern Lebanon; his family says he spoke with his wife before the battle and named his toddler son after fallen comrade Iftah Yavetz

Idan Bloemhof | 05.19.26

Drone war, invasion threat, and 32 fallen friends: inside a brigade commander’s war

Col. Omri Rosenkrantz led Brigade 300 on Israel’s northern front against Hezbollah, also served in Gaza; He describes offensive ops across the Lebanon border, drone warfare challenges, and warns invasion threat remains despite improved security

Yossi Yehoshua, Reuven Weiss | 05.19.26

'I love you, brother': friend recalls heartbreaking last call with soldier killed in Lebanon

Friends of Staff Sgt. Negev Dagan, killed by mortar fire near the Litani River, recall the dreams cut short and the unusual fear he felt before entering Lebanon: ‘He was tense, something that normally never happened'

Alexandra Lukash | 05.17.26

הקצין מעוז רקנטי שנפל בלבנון וארוסתו רוני קלרמן

'Wherever he went, everyone loved him': IDF officer killed in Lebanon month before wedding

Capt. Maoz Israel Recanati, 24, was remembered as a humble, gifted Golani commander who was set to marry his fiancée in weeks; he is the seventh IDF soldier killed in Lebanon since the ceasefire was announced

Idan Bloemhof, Elisha Ben Kimon | 05.17.26

Golani officer Capt. Maoz Israel Recanati killed in drone strike in southern Lebanon

Captain Maoz Israel Recanati of Itamar, a commander in Golani’s 12th Battalion, was killed by a drone launched at IDF troops in Lebanon; he was engaged and set to marry next month, and is survived by his parents and six siblings

Elisha Ben Kimon, Idan Bloemhof | 05.16.26

Staff Sgt. Negev Dagan killed during combat in southern Lebanon

Dagan, 20, from Moshav Dekel, was killed by a mortar attack in the Litani area; He is the 19th casualty in Lebanon since the start of Operation Roaring Lion

Elisha Ben Kimon | 05.15.26

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