Israelis mourn 19-year-old soldier killed in explosion in Rafah operations

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Published 2024-06-11
Mourners attend the funeral of a 19-year-old Israeli soldier in Jerusalem on Tuesday. Israelis came together to pay their respects to the young soldier and his fellow officers saluted Sergeant Almog Shalom's coffin covered by an Israeli flag. He was of one of four soldiers killed Monday in an explosion in the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. The explosives the Israeli army was using to clear the building were triggered prematurely, causing it to collapse, killing the soldiers and wounding 11.

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All Comments (21)
  • @lo5182
    Palestine has a right to defend itself!
  • @shocktg7963
    child killers are not soldiers get your facts right.
  • @Claudia-cr2pm
    He is soldier. They are likely to die. Children should not be dying at the hands of an army. This is not a story. Shame on the AP.
  • @shahs3262
    This is what happens when you invade and terrorize a land that isn't your own
  • @SH-jg5zq
    What about tens of thousands of Palestinian kids
  • @nwaman88
    He should have never been in gaza
  • @abc-mf8rr
    He used to fight children ....he couldnt cope with real soldiers
  • @mattai075
    And while they mourn this single dead Israeli soldier, they cheer for the deaths of over thirty thousand innocent Palestinians. Neither this soldier nor the tens of thousands of innocents should have died. Free Palestine.
  • @ViraL_FootprinT.ex.e
    I'm actually shocked the AP left the comment section on for this one on, knowing how much the IDF is reviled world wide currently.
  • @este8581
    Why they crying if they can stop the war but don't want too.
  • @zachhaus8488
    These same people cheer over the deaths of their enemies. Where does the moral line draw? Between mourning and cheering? It's disgusting. "Only the dead seen the end of War"
  • @roboto25
    while bibi son partying in overseas