Alex Filin, an Immigrant Soldier Killed in South Lebanon, Once Stopped a Stabbing Attack and Received a Presidential Citation
Translated & summarized from Ynet by baba
Senior Sergeant Major Alexandr Filin was killed in southern Lebanon. He had immigrated alone from Ukraine 14 years earlier, served in the IDF, and received a Presidential Outstanding Soldier award in 2018 after stopping a stabbing attack in Nablus.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- Alexandr Filin was killed in southern Lebanon.
- He immigrated alone from Ukraine 14 years ago through Naaleh.
- In 2018 he received a Presidential Outstanding Soldier award.
- Two years earlier, he stopped a stabbing attack at a Nablus checkpoint.
- His wife was told of his death while abroad.
Senior Sergeant Major Alexandr Filin was killed in southern Lebanon. He had come to Israel alone from Ukraine 14 years ago through the Naaleh program, later enlisted in the IDF, and in 2018 received a Presidential Outstanding Soldier award on Israel’s 70th Independence Day.
That honor came two years after Filin had foiled a stabbing attack at a checkpoint in Nablus by neutralizing the assailant. The article says his wife learned of his death while she was abroad.
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