Israel-Hizbullah conflict: Victims of rocket attacks and IDF casualties

July 12, 2006

- Killed in IDF patrol jeeps:

• Sgt.-Maj.(res.) Eyal Benin, 22, of Beersheba
• Sgt.-Maj.(res.) Shani Turgeman, 24, of Beit Shean
• Sgt.-Maj. Wassim Nazal, 26, of Yanuah

- Tank crew hit by mine in Lebanon:

• St.-Sgt. Alexei Kushnirski, 21, of Nes Ziona
• St.-Sgt. Yaniv Bar-on, 20, of Maccabim
• Sgt. Gadi Mosayev, 20, of Akko
• Sgt. Shlomi Yirmiyahu, 20, of  Rishon Lezion

- Killed trying to retrieve tank crew:

• Sgt. Nimrod Cohen, 19, of Mitzpe Shalem

Eyal Benin		Shani Turgeman		Wassim Nazal		Nimrod Cohen
Alexei Kushnirski		Yaniv Bar-on		Gadi Mosayev		Shlomi Yirmiyahu

July 13, 2006

• Two Israelis were killed by Katyusha rockets fired by Hizbullah: Monica Seidman (Lehrer), 40, of  Nahariya  was killed in her home; Nitzo Rubin, 33, of Safed, was killed while on his way to visit his children. 

Monica Seidman (Lehrer)

Nitzo Rubin

July 14, 2006

• Omer Pesachov, 7, of Nahariya and his grandmother Yehudit Itzkovitch, 58, of Moshav Meron were killed by a Katyusha rocket in Meron.

Omer Pesachov

Yehudit Itzkovitch

• Staff Sgt. Tal Amgar, 21, of Ashdod; Cpl. Shai Atias, 19, of Rishon Lezion; Sgt. Yaniv Hershkovitz, 21, of Haifa; and  First Sgt. Dov Steinshuss, 37, of Karmiel were killed by a Hizbullah missile attack on an Israeli naval vessel off the coast of Lebanon.

Tal Amgar

Shai Atias

Yaniv Hershkovitz

Dov Steinshuss

July 16, 2006

• Eight employees of Israel Railways were killed in a direct hit by a Hizbullah rocket at the Haifa train depot:
  Shmuel Ben Shimon, 41, of Yokneam Illit; Asael Damti, 39, of Kiryat Yam; Nissim Elharar, 43, of Kiryat Ata; David Feldman, 28, of Kiryat Yam; Rafi Hazan, 30, of Haifa; Dennis Lapidos, 24, of Kiryat Yam; Reuven Levy, 46, of Kiryat Ata; and Shlomi Mansura, 35, of Nahariya.

Shmuel B. Shimon		Asael Damti		Nissim Elharar		David Feldman
Rafi Hazan		Dennis Lapidos		Reuven Levy		Shlomi Mansura

July 18, 2006

• Andrei Zelinksy, 36, of Nahariya was killed by a rocket on his way to a bomb shelter.

Andrei Zelinksy

July 19, 2006

• St.-Sgt. Yonatan Hadasi, 21, of Kibbutz Merhavia and St.-Sgt. Yotam Gilboa, 21, of Kibbutz Maoz Haim were killed in exchanges of fire between IDF and Hizbullah in south Lebanon, near Moshav Avivim.
• Rabia Abed Taluzi (3) and his brother Mahmoud (7) were killed in a Katyusha rocket attacka on Nazareth.

Yonatan Hadasi

Yotam Gilboa

Rabia Taluzi

Mahmoud Taluzi

July 20, 2006

• Maj. Benjamin (Benji) Hillman, 27, of Maccabim Re'ut; St.-Sgt. Refanael Muskal,  21, of Mazkeret Batya; St.-Sgt. Nadav Baeloha, 21, of Karmiel; St.-Sgt. Liran Saadia, 21, of Kiryat Shmona; and St.-Sgt. Yonatan (Sergei) Vlasyuk, 21, of Kibbutz Lahav were killed in exchanges of fire in the Lebanese village of Maroun al-Ras, near Avivim.
• Maj. Ran Yehoshua Kochva, 37, of Beit Hanania, was killed when two Air Force combat helicopters collided close to Ramot Naftali, south of Kiryat Shmona.

Benji Hillman		Rafanael Muskal		Nadav Baeloha		Liran Saadia
Yonatan Vlasyuk		Ran Kochva

July 23, 2006

• Shimon Glicklich, 60, of Haifa was killed while driving his car in Haifa.
• Habib Isa Awad, 48, of Iblin, was killed while working in the carpentry shop in Kiryat Ata.

Shimon Glicklich

Habib Awad

July 24, 2006

• 2nd Lt. Lotan Slavin, 21, of  Hatzeva was killed when an anti-tank missile hit his Merkava tank. St.-Sgt. Kobi Smileg, 20, of Rehovot was killed when another tank went over a powerful landmine.
• Pilots Col. Zvi Luft, 42, of Kibbutz Hogla and 1st Lt. Tom Farkash, 23, of Caesarea were killed when their Apache helicopter crashed north of Safed while assisting ground troops in Lebanon.

Lotan Slavin

Kobi Smileg

Zvi Luft

Tom Farkash

July 25, 2006

• Doua Abbas, 15, of Maghar was killed while watching TV when a rocket struck her home, located near the village mosque.
• David Mazen, 75, of Bat Galim, Haifa, suffered a heart attack during a Katyusha strike, and collapsed and died while trying to reach a bomb shelter.

Doua Abbas

David Mazen

July 26, 2006

• Eight soldiers from the Golani Brigade were killed in battle in Bint Jbeil: Maj. Ro'i Klein, 31, of Eli; Lt. Amihai Merhavia, 24, of Eli; Lt. Alexander Shwartzman, 24, of Akko; Sgt. Shimon Adega, 21, of Kiryat Gat; St.-Sgt. Edan Cohen, 21, of Jaffa; St.-Sgt. Shimon Dahan, 20, of Ashdod;  Cpl. Ohad Klausner, 20, of Bet Horon; and Cpl. Assaf Namer, 27, of Kiryat Yam.
• Paratrooper Lt. Yiftah Shreirer, 21, of Haifa was killed by an anti-tank missile near Maroun al-Ras.
• Bakir Kurdi, 63, of Acre suffered a heart attack during a Katyusha attack on July 26. He died on August 11.

Ro'i Klein		Amihai Merhavia		Alex Schwartzman		Shimon Adega
Edan Cohen		Shimon Dahan		Ohad Klausner		Assaf Namer
Yiftah Shreier

Aug 1, 2006

• Lt. Ilan Gabai, 21, of Kiryat Tivon, St.-Sgt. Yonatan Einhorn, 22, of Moshav Gizmo, and St.-Sgt. Michael Levin, 21, of Jerusalem were killed in battles with Hizbullah in Aita a-Sha'ab in southern Lebanon.

Ilan Gabai

Yonatan Einhorn

Michael Levin

Aug 2, 2006

• David Martin Lelchook, 52, of Kibbutz Sa'ar, north of Nahariya, was killed by a Katyusha rocket while riding his bike in the kibbutz.
• Sgt. Adi Cohen, 18, of Hadera was killed in battle with Hizbullah in Aita a-Sha'ab in southern Lebanon

Dave Lelchook

Adi Cohen

Aug 3, 2006

• Killed by Katyusha rockets in Acre: Shimon Zribi, 44, and his daugher Mazal, 15; Albert Ben-Abu, 41; Arieh Tamam, 51, and his brother Amos Tiran Tamam, 31 all of Acre.
• Killed by a Katyusha rocket near Ma'alot-Tarshiha: Three Israeli Arabs from Tarshiha: Shanati Shanati, 18, Amir Naeem, 18, and Muhammed Fa'ur, 17.

Shimon Zribi		Mazal Zribi		Arieh Tamam		Tiran Tamam
Albert Ben-Abu		Shanati Shanati		Amir Naeem		Muhammed Fa'ur

• Sgt. Itamar Zur, 19, of Be'er Tuvia; Sgt. Andrei Brudner, 18, of Rishon Lezion; and Sgt. Alon Feintuch, 19, of Kiryat Haim were killed when their Merkava tank was hit by an anti-tank missile in Rajamin in southern Lebanon. Cpl. Yonatan Sharabi, 19, of Petah Tikva was killed by anti-tank fire in Taibeh.

Itamar Zur

Andrei Brudner

Alon Feintuch

Yonatan Sharabi

Aug 4, 2006

• Manal Azzam, 27-year-old mother of two, was killed in the Arab Druze village of Maghar in the Galilee.
• Bahaa al-Din Kareim, 35, and Muhammed Mana, 24, were killed in the Israeli Arab town of Majdal Krum.

Manal Azzam

Muhammed Mana

Bahaa Kareim

• St.-Sgt. Daniel Shiran, 20, of Haifa, and St.-Sgt. Omri Haim Almakayes-Yaakobovitch, 20, of Ramla of the Golani Brigade were killed overnight by an anti-tank missile in the south Lebanese village of Markabeh. Capt.(res.) Igor Rothstein, 34, of Moshav Poriah, a doctor who volunteered for reserve duty, was killed. 

Daniel Shiran

Ormi Almakayes

Igor Rothstein

Aug 5, 2006

• Sgt. Or Shahar , 20, of Kibbutz Yad Mordechai, was killed by a mortar shell near the village of Nabi al-Awadi in the eastern sector of south Lebanon.
• Cpl.(res.) Kiril Kashdan, 26, of Haifa was killed when an anti-tank missile hit a building in the soutm Lebanese village of Aita a-Sha'ab.

Or Shahar

Kiril Kashdan

• Frida Kellner, 87, of Kiryat Ata died of a heart attack while taking cover in a bomb shelter during the rocket strikes on the Haifa suburbs.
• Fadiya Juma'a, 58, and her daughters Samira, 30, and Sultana, 25, and  were killed in the courtyard of their home in the Bedouin village of Arab al-Aramshe near the border between Israel and Lebanon.

Frida Kellner

Fadiya Juma'a

Sultana Juma'a

Samira Juma'a

Aug 6, 2006

• Twelve IDF reservists were killed by a Katyusha rocket near Kibbutz Kfar Giladi, north of Kiryat Shmona, as they were preparing to enter Lebanon. 
  Capt. Eliyahu Elkariaf, 34, of Moshav Granot
  CWO Yosef Karkash, 41, of Afula
  Warr.Ofc. Shmuel Halfon, 41, of Bat Yam
  St.-Sgt.Maj. Daniel Ben-David, 38, of Moshav Ahituv
  St.-Sgt.Maj. Shlomo Bucharis, 36, of Moshav Sde Yitzhak
  Sgt.-Maj. Ziv Balali, 28, of Kfar Sava
  Sgt.-Maj. Marian Berkowitz, 31, of Ashdod
  Sgt.-Maj. Ro’i Yaish, 27, of Herzliya
  St.-Sgt. Yehuda Greenfeld, 27, of Maale Michmas
  St.-Sgt. Shaul Shai Michlowitz, 21, of Netanya
  Sgt. Gregory Aharonov, 34, of Or Akiva
  Sgt.-Maj. Mordechai Abutbul, 28, of Shlomi

Eliyahu Elkariaf		Yosef Karkash		Shmuel Halfon		Daniel Ben-David
Shlomo Bucharis		Ziv Balali		Marian Berkowitz		Ro'i Yaish

Yehuda Greenfeld

Shaul Michlowitz

Gregory Aharonov

Mordechai Abutbul

 

• Three people were killed when rockets struck at seven residential locations in Haifa: Hana Hamam, 62, and Labiba Mazawi, 67, of Haifa, and Roni Rubinsky, 30, of Kiryat Motzkin.
  Dr. Tamara Lucca, 84, of Haifa, died of a heart attack on hearing the rockets fall near her home.

Hana Hamam

Labiba Mazawi

Roni Rubinsky

Tamara Lucca

Aug 7, 2006

• Paratrooper St.-Sgt. Moshe (Malko) Ambao, 22, of Lod was killed in fighting in Bint Jbeil. Maj.(res.) Yotam Lotan, 33, of Kibbutz Beit Hashita and St.-Sgt.(res.) Noam Meirson, 23, of Jerusalem from the armored corps were killed by an anti-tank missile that struck the tank's turret. 
• St.-Sgt. Philip Mosko, 21, of Maale Adumim, who served as a paramedic in the Paratrooper Brigade, was killed during exchanges of fire between IDF soldiers and Hizbullah in the village of Dibel, near Bint Jbeil.

Moshe Ambao

Yotam Lotan

Noam Meirson

Philip Mosko

Aug 8, 2006

• Two IDF reservists were killed in the south Lebanese village of Labouna before dawn: Capt.(res.) Gilad Balhasan, 28, of Karmiel; and St.-Sgt.(res.) Yesamu Yalau, 26, of Or Yehuda. 
• Two paratroopers were killed in Bint Jbeil: St.-Sgt. Oren Lifschitz, 21, of Kibbutz Gazit, and St.-Sgt. Moran Cohen, 21, of Kibbutz Ashdot Yaakov.

Gilad Balhasan

Yesamu Yalau

Moran Cohen

Oren Lifschitz

Aug 9, 2006

• 15 reserve soldiers were killed and 40 wounded in four different incidents in south Lebanon:
  A paratrooper was killed and 10 wounded by friendly fire from an IDF tank in the village of A-Taibeh in the eastern sector of south Lebanon.
  Nine paratroopers were killed and 11 wounded by anti-tank missiles fired on a house in the village of Debel, in the central sector.
  Four reservists from an armored brigade were killed when their tank was hit by an anti-tank missile, in Ayta al-Shaab.
  An infantryman was killed by a mortar near Marjayoun.
• Capt.(res.) Gilad Stukelman, 26, of Moshav Tamrat
  Capt.(res.) Yoni (Leon) Shmucher, 30, of Bet Nehemiah
  Sgt.-Maj.(res.) Igor Kovalik, 26, of Upper Nazareth
  Sgt.-Maj.(res.) Noam Goldman, 27, of Tel Aviv
  Sgt.-Maj.(res.) David Shmidov, 25, of Jerusalem
  St.-Sgt.(res.) Nir Cohen, 22, of Maccabim
  St.-Sgt.(res.) Ben (Binyamin) Sela, 24, of Koranit
  Maj.(res.) Natan Yahav, 36, of Kiryat Ono
  Sgt.-Maj.(res.) Asher Reuven Novik, 36, of Kanaf
  St.-Sgt. Adi Salim, 22, of Beit Hashmonai
  Sgt.-Maj.(res.) Elad Dan, 25, of Kibbutz Eilot
  Sgt.-Maj.(res.) Gilad Zussman, 26,  of Eli
  Sgt.-Maj.(res.) Idan Kobi, 26, of Eilat
  Sgt.-Maj.(res.) Naor Kalo, 25, of Kibbutz Maagan Michael
  Sgt.-Maj.(res.) Nimrod Segev, 28, of Ramat Gan

Gilad Stukelman		Yoni Shmucher		Igor Kovalik		Noam Goldman
David Shmidov		Nir Cohen		Ben Sela		Natan Yahav
Asher Novik		Adi Salim		Elad Dan		Gilad Zussman
Idan Kobi		Naor Kalo		Nimrod Segev

Aug 10, 2006

• Mariam Assadi, 26, and her son Fathi Ahmed Assadi, 5, were killed in a direct hit by a Katyusha rocket on their home in the Israeli Arab village of Dir el-Asad.
• IDF reservist Sgt.-Maj. Alon Samooha, 35, of Hod Hasharon was killed when a missile struck his tank in the el-Khiam area in south Lebanon.
• Maj.(res.) Nimrod Hillel, 32, of Rosh Ha'ayin was killed in Labouna.

Mariam Assadi

Fathi Assadi

Alon Samooha

Nimrod Hillel

Aug 11, 2006

• Sgt.-Maj.(res.) Aharon Yehezkel, 32, of Kfar Yedidya was killed in exchanges of fire with Hizbullah terrorists in the south Lebanese village of Rashef.

Aharon Yehezkel

Aug 12, 2006

• 19 IDF soldiers were killed in ground operations and 85 were injured. (Details of operations) 
  Capt. Shai Bernstein, 24, of Beersheva
  St.-Sgt. Tzahi Krips, 20, of Kibbutz Hama'apil
  St.-Sgt. Itai Steinberger, 21, of Karmei Yosef
  Sgt. Yosef Abitbol, 19, of Gan Ner
  Sgt. Yonatan Ankonina, 21, of Netanya
  Sgt. Yaniv Tamerson, 21, of Tzipori
  Cpl. Ya'ar Ben Giat, 19, of Nahsholim
  Cpl. Tomer Amar, 19, of Julis
  St.-Sgt. Amsa (Ami) Meshulami, 20, of Ofra
  Sgt. Yohann Zerbib, 22, of Tel Aviv
  Capt. Benaya Rein, 27, of Karnei Shomron
  St.-Sgt. Adam Goren, 21, of Kibbutz Ma'abarot
  Sgt. Alexander Bonimovitch, 19, of Netanya
  St.-Sgt. Oz Zemah, 20, of Maccabim-Reut
  Sgt. Haran Lev, 20, of Kibbutz Ma'ayan Barukh
  Sgt. Dan Breuer, 19, of Beit Hillel
  Cpl. Yigal Nissan, 19, of Ma'ale Adumim
  St.-Sgt. Ido Grabovsky, 20, of Rosh Ha'ayin
  St.-Sgt. Uri Grossman, 20, of Mevaseret Zion

Shai Bernstein		Tzahi Krips		Itai Steinberger		Yosef Abitbol
Yonatan Ankonina		Yaniv Tamerson		Ya'ar Ben Giat		Tomer Amar
Amsa Meshulami		Yohann Zerbib		Benaya Rein		Adam Goren
Alex Bonimovitch		Oz Zemah		Haran Lev		Dan Breuer
Yigal Nissan		Ido Grabovsky		Uri Grossman

• Five aircrew members were killed when their helicopter was shot down by Hizbullah:
  Maj. Sami Ben-Naim, 39, of Rehovot
  Maj.(res) Nissan Shalev, 36, of Kibbutz Evron
  Capt. Daniel Gomez, 25, of Nehalim
  Warr.Ofc.(res.) Ron Mashiah, 33, of Gedera
  Sgt.-Maj. Keren Tendler, 26, of Rehovot

Sami Ben-Naim		Nissan Shalev		Daniel Gomez		Ron Mashiah
Keren Tendler

Aug 13, 2006

• Mahdi Hayat, 83, of Moshav Ya'ara was killed by a direct hit of a Katyusha rocket.

Mahdi Hayat (old photo)

• Nine IDF soldiers were killed in fighting in south Lebanon.
  Lt.(res.) Eliel Ben-Yehuda, 24, of Kfar Tavor
  Lt.(res.) Tzur Zarhi, 27, of Moshav Nahalal
  Sgt.-Maj.(res.) Guy Hasson, 24, of Moshav Na'ama
  St.-Sgt.(res.) Yaniv Shainbrum, 24, of Mei Ami
  St.-Sgt.(res.) David Amar, 24, of Kiryat Shmona
  St.-Sgt.-Maj.(res.) Amitai Yaron, 44, of Zichron Ya'akov
  St.-Sgt. Peter Ochotzky, 23, of Lod
  St.-Sgt.(res.) Elad Shlomo Ram, 31, of Haifa
  St.-Sgt. Evgeny Timofeev, 20, of Rishon Lezion

Eliel Ben-Yehuda		Tzur Zarhi		Guy Hasson		Yaniv Shainbrum
David Amar		Amitai Yaron		Peter Ochotzky		Elad Ram
Evgeny Timofeev

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Aug 19, 2006

• Lt.-Col. Emanuel Moreno, 35, of Moshav Tlamim was killed before dawn in an operation of the General Staff Reconnaissance Unit near Baalbek to prevent the smuggling of arms from Iran and Syria to Hizbullah.

Aug 23, 2006

• St.-Sgt. Alex Asaf, 21, of Karmiel, was killed by a mine in south Lebanon.

Alex Asaf

Aug 29, 2007

• Mohammed (Don) Saloum, 41, of Haifa

As the Hizbullah rockets fell on Wadi Nisnas the evening of August 6, 2006, Mohammed (Don) Saloum was hit by a spray of shrapnel across his entire body. A lifeguard by vocation, he ignored his wounds and ran into the nearby burning house to save his mother and sister. The fire caused a gas tank to explode as Saloum entered the house, burning him severely and amputating his leg. Three other people were killed in the rocket barrage and dozens more were wounded.
After spending over a year fighting for his life in a Haifa hospital,  Salum succumbed to his wounds on August 29, 2007.