Israeli Soldiers Mourn Fallen Comrades Near Hebron
Translated & summarized from Haaretz by baba
Around one thousand people attended the Sunday funeral for Staff Sergeant Ron Yonatan Reitman, 23, who was killed in a shooting attack near Hebron on Friday. Sergeant Yuval Shai Suilam, 20, was also killed in the incident. Commanders praised Reitman's leadership and charisma during eulogies at the Ashkelon military cemetery.
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- Staff Sergeant Ron Yonatan Reitman, 23, was killed Friday near Hebron.
- Approximately 1,000 people attended Reitman's funeral in Ashkelon on Sunday.
- Sergeant Yuval Shai Suilam, 20, was killed alongside Reitman.
- Commanders praised Reitman's leadership and reliability in eulogies.
- The attack occurred at the Yehuda Junction near Hebron.
Approximately one thousand people attended the funeral on Sunday for Staff Sergeant Ron Yonatan Reitman, 23, from Ashkelon, who was killed in a shooting attack near Hebron on Friday. His funeral is being held at the military cemetery in Ashkelon.
Reitman was killed alongside Sergeant Yuval Shai Suilam, 20, from Hod Hasharon, in the same attack at the Yehuda Junction. Lieutenant Colonel Liyad Shahar, the commander of Reitman's battalion, eulogized him, stating, "I don't know what would have happened if your force hadn't been there." He added that Reitman's soldiers went into battle with him because they knew they had a commander they could rely on.
The company commander, referred to as Captain Or Ephrati in the source text, also eulogized Reitman. "A year ago, I took responsibility for establishing a new company. I interviewed dozens of commanders, and then you came in with charisma that is incomprehensible," he said. "There isn't a soldier who didn't admire you, and I too never stopped admiring you, every day anew."
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