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An officer and a soldier from the Haredi "Netzah Yehuda" Battalion, part of the Kfir Brigade were killed in combat last Wednesday in northern Gaza by sniper fire: Captain Israel Yudkin, 22, from Kfar Chabad, and Staff Sgt. Eliyahau Haim Emsallem, 21, from Ra'anana. In a separate incident, Chief Sergeant First Class (res.

) Gideon Chay DeRowe, 33, from Tel Aviv from the elite Yahalom Unit of the Engineering Corps, was also killed. 3 Captain Israel Yudkin and Major (Res.) Dovi Yudkin Photo: Courtesy of the family Yudkin was part of a family of ultra-Orthodox soldiers and three of his brothers are currently serving in the military, both on active duty and reserves.



One of his brothers, Major (Res.) Dovi Yudkin, a reserve company commander, received the tragic news of his brother's death during operational activity in northern Israel. "The rift between ultra-Orthodox, secular, Jews, non-Jews, people on the left, and the right, is no longer relevant.

Sadly, we have all sinned in this regard," Dovi said in an interview with Ynet. "The stigma that ultra-Orthodox don't serve in the military has been perpetuated long before October 7. It's not true that the ultra-Orthodox don't serve.

We are a family of eight children, and four of us are in the IDF," he noted. "Of course, we have younger siblings who are not yet of enlistment age, but everyone who can serve has done so and continues to do so. Many friends from Kfar Chabad serve in the military and participate in the war, each in their .

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