Fallen soldiers

Memorial ceremony for fallen IDF lone soldier held in US hometown, marking 30 days since passing

22-year-old Sgt. Moshe Yitzchak HaKohen Katz was born in New Haven, Connecticut, and was killed while fighting in Lebanon on March 29.

Sergeant Moshe Yitzhak Hacohen Katz, 22.
Hadas Levy is the first Israeli woman to give birth to a baby whose father was killed in the war against Hamas using posthumous sperm removal.

‘I was in mourning right up until the birth': A widow's posthumous miracle

Family and friends of Israeli soldier Sergeant Idan Fooks attend his funeral at the Military Cemetery in Petah Tikva on April 27, 2026.

Fallen soldier Sgt. Idan Fooks laid to rest in Petah Tikva cemetery

Sgt. Idan Fooks, 19, killed in southern Lebanon, April 26, 2026.

Sgt. Idan Fooks, 19, killed in southern Lebanon


Deceased hostage Lt. Hadar Goldin identified at forensic institute, PMO confirms

The National Institute of Forensic Medicine identified the Gaza hostage returned on Sunday as Lt. Hadar Goldin, who had been held in Gaza since 2014.

IDF honor guard stands over the coffin of Lt. Hadar Goldin after his return from 11 years of captivity in Gaza, November 9, 2025.

Letters from the dead: Letter written by WWI soldiers found in bottle off Australian coast

The letter penciled in 1916 finally reached the families of Malcolm Neville, 27, and William Harley, 37, decades after their death.

Members of the Australian Lighthorse Association watch over an Anzac Day dawn service at Bogan Gate in western New South Wales. Members of the Australian Lighthorse Association watch over an Anzac Day dawn service in the western New South Wales town of Bogan Gate, located 400 km (249 miles) west of

'In the country you chose to defend': Capt. Omer Neutra laid to rest

Neutra loved his cats, Ronni and Lizi. Those closest to him knew him as a “smiley goofball,” and said that he gave “powerful hugs.”

Funeral of Captain Omer Neutra at the Military Cemetery in Givat Shaul, Jerusalem, November 7, 2025.

Hostage families, fallen soldier relatives, urge national unity at Rabin memorial ceremony

In the shadow of Rabin’s assassination, youth movements gathered to call for healing and national unity in Israel.

Merav Leshem Gonen, mother of freed hostage Romi, addresses the crowd at a ceremony commemorating the 30th anniversary of then-prime minister Yitzhak Rabin's assassination, Mount Herzl, Jerusalem, November 5, 2025.

Living life as though he was running out of time: Who was Israeli-American Gaza hostage Itay Chen?

Although the IDF notified the family last year that Itay Chen had not survived, they clung to the hope that he may still be alive.

Staff-Sergeant Itay Chen.

Shamir Medical Center CEO joins bereaved Israeli mothers on healing journey in Uganda

Prof. Osnat Levtzion-Korach joins Journey 4Hope’s mission to support mothers who lost sons in the Iron Swords War.

Prof. Osnat Levtzion-Korach with bereaved mothers on the Uganda journey

Netanyahu honors Col. Assaf Hamami, only IDF colonel taken hostage

Col. Hamami is widely recognized as the first officer to identify and declare the full scale of the invasion to the IDF during the initial moments of the attack.

An honor to Hamami

Hostages Asaf Hamami, Omer Neutra, Oz Daniel's remains identified, PMO confirms

The National Institute of Forensic Medicine at Abu Kabir identified the remains of the fallen soldiers who were taken captive during the October 7 massacre.

An IDF honor guard standing above the coffins holding the remains of three murdered hostages, November 2, 2025.

Honoring 'The Last Samurai': Fallen soldier Adi Tzur remembered with new home for abandoned dogs

DOMESTIC AFFAIRS: After St.-Sgt. Adi Tzur was killed defending Kibbutz Kissufim on October 7, The Magic House, a shelter helping stray and abused dogs find homes, was founded in his honor.

NOTWITHSTANDING THE warmth and support surrounding The Magic House, adoptions and donations have dropped sharply, even as more dogs are being abandoned. In a typical year, Lives of Others manages to place around 250 dogs in homes. This year, that number fell by more than half, to just 120.

Removal of memorial stickers for fallen soldiers sparks confrontation at Jaffa Gate

The men told photographer Marc Israel Sellem to "leave and not take pictures" after being confronted.

Men removing stickers in remembrance of October 7 massacre victims in the Old City of Jerusalem, October 29, 2025