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Two IDF Soldiers Killed Foiling Terror Attack at Junction

By ישי אלמקייס־אלרם

Translated & summarized from Makor Rishon by baba

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Two IDF soldiers, Sergeant Major Ron Yonatan Reitman and Sergeant Yuval Shai Suilem, were killed while preventing a terror attack at the Yehuda Junction. Three other soldiers were lightly wounded. The soldiers engaged terrorists for 20 minutes, preventing them from reaching their intended targets, before reinforcements arrived and eliminated the attackers.

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Two IDF soldiers were killed foiling a terror attack at Yehuda Junction.
Sgt. Maj. Ron Yonatan Reitman, 23, and Sgt. Yuval Shai Suilem, 20, were killed in the incident.
Three other soldiers from the Ari Battalion sustained minor injuries.
The soldiers engaged terrorists for 20 minutes, preventing a larger attack.
Reinforcements arrived and eliminated the two terrorists.

The names of two Israel Defense Forces soldiers killed while thwarting a terror attack at the Yehuda Junction have been cleared for publication. Sergeant Major Ron Yonatan Reitman, 23, from Ashkelon, who served as a squad commander, and Sergeant Yuval Shai Suilem, 20, from Hod HaSharon, both from the Ari Battalion (775) of the Extraction Brigade, were killed in the incident. Three other soldiers from the battalion sustained minor injuries.

According to an initial investigation, the soldiers were conducting a "Kununim Im Shachar" (dawn alert) operation, monitoring traffic at junctions. When the terrorists realized they could not proceed to their intended targets on Routes 35 and 60, they changed their plan and attacked the soldiers' position near concrete barriers. The soldiers engaged the terrorists in a firefight for approximately 20 minutes.

Reinforcements arrived, including the deputy battalion commander and company commander, who surrounded and eliminated the two terrorists. Their actions prevented a more severe attack. The soldiers' operational deployment was their first, and their vigilance at the checkpoint is credited with preventing a larger incident.