Fallen soldiers

The war returns. The grief never left

When war returns, families of fallen soldiers relive a loss that never truly left them. And the least we can do is make sure they do not face it alone.

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St.-Sgt Or Demry

St.-Sgt. Or Demry killed in Lebanon combat, IDF confirms

Israeli military vehicles and tanks are seen along the border with Lebanon, March 7, 2026

Two IDF soldiers killed by Hezbollah ambush in southern Lebanon

President Isaac Herzog hosts bereaved families in the President's Residence, Jerusalem, February 15, 2026; illustrative.

Herzog vows Israel will never stop searching for Ron Arad at missing soldiers memorial


IDF soldier dies from apparent allergic reaction on southern Israel training base

Bahatal, 18, was from Ma'ale Adumim and was in the process of completing his mandatory service.

Cpl. Ermias Bahatal.

Israeli Celebrities Unite to Support the War Orphans

As part of Orphanhood Awareness Week, Sunflowers — Israel’s largest nonprofit for bereaved children — partnered with chef Haim Cohen to launch a campaign for Israel’s orphans

Hadar Kess, founder and CEO of Sunflowers

Lt. Hadar Goldin laid to rest after 11 years in Gaza terror captivity

IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir attended the funeral in Kfar Saba Military Cemetery calling Goldin a "compass and conscience for the entire people of Israel."

IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir salutes as he stands with the family of fallen soldier Lt. Hadar Goldin at his funeral in Kfar Saba Military Cemetery, November 11, 2025.

‘The glue that held family together’: Slain hostage Lior Rudaeff’s family pays tribute at funeral

Thousands gathered to honor First Sergeant (res.) Lior Rudaeff at a funeral in Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak's cemetery, following the return of his remains after over two years in Hamas's terror captivity.

Soldiers carry a coffin containing the remains of deceased hostage First Sergeant (res.) Lior Rudaeff, November 10, 2025.

US offered Hamas safe passage to return Hadar Goldin - report

Sources say Washington proposed safe passage for Hamas terrorists in Rafah in exchange for the return of Lt. Hadar Goldin’s remains.

A poster of Hadar Goldin hanging among cards with messages for Gaza hostages, Hostage Square, Tel Aviv, October 28, 2025.

Hadar Goldin’s parents, Israeli officials, welcome slain soldier's return

The Goldin family hopes that Hadar will remain a symbol, adding that they fought for camaraderie, a burial in Israel, and human dignity. Israeli political and military officials also eulogized him.

IDF soldiers who served with Lt. Hadar Goldin in 2014 form an honor guard over his coffin upon its return to Israel after over 11 years in Hamas captivity, November 9, 2025.

Deceased hostage Lt. Hadar Goldin identified at forensic institute, PMO confirms

The National Institute of Forensic Medicine identified the Gaza hostage returned on Sunday as Lt. Hadar Goldin, who had been held in Gaza since 2014.

IDF honor guard stands over the coffin of Lt. Hadar Goldin after his return from 11 years of captivity in Gaza, November 9, 2025.

Letters from the dead: Letter written by WWI soldiers found in bottle off Australian coast

The letter penciled in 1916 finally reached the families of Malcolm Neville, 27, and William Harley, 37, decades after their death.

Members of the Australian Lighthorse Association watch over an Anzac Day dawn service at Bogan Gate in western New South Wales. Members of the Australian Lighthorse Association watch over an Anzac Day dawn service in the western New South Wales town of Bogan Gate, located 400 km (249 miles) west of

'In the country you chose to defend': Capt. Omer Neutra laid to rest

Neutra loved his cats, Ronni and Lizi. Those closest to him knew him as a “smiley goofball,” and said that he gave “powerful hugs.”

Funeral of Captain Omer Neutra at the Military Cemetery in Givat Shaul, Jerusalem, November 7, 2025.

Hostage families, fallen soldier relatives, urge national unity at Rabin memorial ceremony

In the shadow of Rabin’s assassination, youth movements gathered to call for healing and national unity in Israel.

Merav Leshem Gonen, mother of freed hostage Romi, addresses the crowd at a ceremony commemorating the 30th anniversary of then-prime minister Yitzhak Rabin's assassination, Mount Herzl, Jerusalem, November 5, 2025.