The Jewish community mourns the 15 IDF soldiers (listed below) and five civilian victims of terror Yael Botwin HY"D, 14, Smadar Elchanan HY"D, 14   Sivan Zarcha HY"D, 15    Rami Kotashvili HY"D, 20 Eliyahu Markowitz HY"D, 40 Yael was a ninth grader at the Omanuyot religious high school of the arts HaShem Yikom Damam

The Names of the Soldiers and Officers
Who Fell in Battle This Month

Lt.-Col. Yosef Koraken, 32, Michmoret
Shayetet 13, September 5, 1997


Major Yitzchak Ben-Tov MD, 28, Kfar Saba
Shayetet 13, September 5, 1997
(a doctor in the original squad)


Major Darish Maher MD, 26, Nimrar
Shayetet 13, September 5, 1997
(a doctor in the rescue squad)


Captain Avraham Yaakov Bok, 22
Nachal, September 8, 1997


Captain Raz Levinas, 22, Shavei Tzion
Shayetet 13, September 5, 1997


Captain Tzvi Grossman, 21, Tel-Aviv
Shayetet 13, September 5, 1997


Sgt. Arye Abramson, 22, Yavniel
Shayetet 13, September 5, 1997


Sgt. Yonatan Hillberg, 22, Netzer Hazani
Shayetet 13, September 5, 1997


Sgt. Guy Golan, 21, Chatzor
Shayetet 13, September 5, 1997


Sgt. Gal Rodovsky, 20, Herzliya
Shayetet 13, September 5, 1997


Sgt. Yaniv Shamiel, 20, Kiryat Chaim
Shayetet 13, September 5, 1997


Master Sgt. Raz Tabi, 22, Rishon L,Tzion
Shayetet 13, September 5, 1997


Third Petty Officer Itamar Ilya
Shayetet 13, September 5, 1997
in captivity and pronounced dead



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