Ran Poslushni, 48, from Kibbutz Nahal Oz, was accidentally killed by IDF fire while battling the Hamas invasion of the kibbutz on October 7. He was buried on October 10 in Yavne, where he grew up. He is survived by his wife, Sharona, their four children Ilay, 19, Imer, 16, Einan, 14 and Emanuel, 6, his parents, Dominique and Motti, and his siblings Gilad, Shahar and Tom.
His wife, Sharona, told Haaretz that when Ran realized the kibbutz had been invaded by terrorists, he took his son’s army rifle and loaded it with ammo. Through their locked door he shot at several of them, who fled, and then later shot at another group who were trying to enter through the window. “This was Ran,” she said.
“He wanted to fight them face to face and refused to enter the reinforced room.” Hours later, she recounted, Ran heard a group of soldiers outside shouting “terrorist, terrorist,” and he ran to the balcony to shoot at the figure, but the group of soldiers saw him and thought he was the terrorist, opening fire and killing him immediately. “I screamed ‘Ran, Ran, Ran,’ and I crawled toward him.
He was lying on his back in a puddle of blood. I gave him mouth-to-mouth but it was clear that he was dead,” Sharona recounted. Ran’s father, Motti, told the newspaper that they “are not angry at anyone, the soldiers did their job and risked their lives.
Unfortunately it cost us the life of our firstborn and beloved son, Ran, who was killed while protecting his home and his fam.