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Negev Police Commander Returns Fallen Officer’s Personal Weapon to His Widow
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First reported by Walla · Jun 23, 2026
What happened
Negev District Commander Brig. Gen. Amir Klein visited the family of Chief Superintendent Itamar Alos in Ofakim on Monday night and returned Alos’s personal weapon to his widow and parents. Alos, a Netivot police dispatcher, ran armed into the October 7 attack in Ofakim, helped save lives, and later died in January after a medical hospitalization.
- 01Klein returned Itamar Alos’s personal weapon to his widow and parents in Ofakim.
- 02Alos fought in Ofakim on October 7 after hearing gunfire and ran into danger.
- 03Police said his actions helped save lives and stop the Hamas attack.
- 04Alos died in January after a prolonged hospitalization for medical reasons.
- 05The family also received an official memorial cushion honoring his police service.
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