Sgt.-Maj. (res.) Omer Moshe Gealdor was killed by a Hezbollah drone attack while fighting in southern Lebanon, the IDF announced on Tuesday.Gealdor, 30, from Jerusalem, served in the 5111 Battalion in the Golani Brigade.He and three others were seriously wounded by a drone attack about two kilometers from the border while they were engaged in security operations on Tuesday.
Of the four wounded, Gealdor succumbed to his wounds in the hospital.
Praise for the fallen
He is survived by his wife, Adi, and two children, three-year-old Neta and eight-month-old Alouma.Previously, he lived in Neve Tzuf in southwestern Samaria.“Today, we pay a very painful price, and we mourn the death of the hero Omer, who left his wife and children and went to defend the people of Israel. He gave his life for all of us. The State of Israel will continue to strike its enemies in his merit until complete victory. We embrace his wife, Adi, and the entire family,” Mateh Binyamin Regional Council leader Israel Ganz said.