Sgt. Maj. (res.) Betzalel Yehoshua Mosbacher, (32)
A reservist combat engineer seriously wounded by a roadside bomb in the southern Gaza Strip last week succumbed to his wounds on Saturday, the Israel Defense Forces announced Saturday evening. The slain soldier was named as Sgt. Maj. (res.) Betzalel Yehoshua Mosbacher, 32, of the 749th Combat Engineering Battalion, who grew up in Avnei Eitan in the Golan Heights, and was living in Or Yehuda. Mosbacher and another combat engineer driving in a Humvee in K.Younis were seriously wounded by a roadside bomb.
Ortal Benayun, (24)
From Jerusalem, was murdered by Hamas terrorists at the Supernova music festival on October 7. She attended the festival with her boyfriend, Daniel Ohana, who was also slain, and her sister, Shirel, who was wounded and survived. Shirel’s boyfriend, Aviel Oren, was also murdered at the rave. Ortal was buried in Jerusalem on October 15. She is survived by her parents, Michael and Rivka Julia, and her three siblings.
Tamar Goldenberg, (23)
A dual Israeli-Georgian citizen from Rishon Lezion, was murdered by Hamas terrorists at the Supernova music festival on October 7. She attended the rave with her close friends, siblings Gideon and Noa Chiell, who were also murdered. For two weeks her family searched desperately for any sign of her, combing through every hospital, searching through bodies and giving DNA samples, clinging to hope that she was still alive. After two weeks, the news came — her body had been found.
Adiel Twito, (32)
Petah Tikva, was murdered by Hamas terrorists at the Supernova music festival on October 7. In the days after the assault, Twito was thought to be held captive in Gaza, since both her car and her cellphone were traced to there, but ultimately her body was found and she was buried in Petah Tikva on October 16. She is survived by her parents, Yoram and Ilana, and siblings Liraz, Netanel, Aviran and Mor.
Adi Margalit, (24)
From Moshav Haniel in central Israel, was murdered by Hamas terrorists at the Supernova music festival on October 7. Her family said she was working at the festival and fled when the rockets began firing. Around 9:30 a.m. she told her family she was hiding in a bomb shelter next to Kibbutz Be’eri. That was the last they heard from her.
Rotem Neumann, (25)
From Kfar Hess, was murdered by Hamas terrorists at the Supernova music festival on October 7. She was considered missing for three days before her body was identified on October 10. A video posted on Tiktok weeks later in memory of Rotem showed a woman who was constantly smiling and dancing her way through life. Friend Elit Eliyahu, who made the video, wrote in the caption that they would “always remember you smiling, dancing, and enjoying life.”
Karin Schwartzman, (20)
Sgt. Sergeant Adi Gruman, (19)
A fighter with the Border Defense Corps’s 414th unit, was slain on October 7 while battling a Hamas invasion of the Urim IDF base. Her family and friends said that when the invasion began, Adi was on duty at the base next door, and volunteered to be among those to help defend it from the Hamas terrorists. The ensuing gun battle blazed for more than 90 minutes, during which the team neutralized several Hamas gunmen, and Adi was fatally wounded.
Sgt. First Class Elad Michael Sasson, (21)
A fighter in the elite Egoz commando unit, was killed in action on October 7 in a battle to defend an army outpost at Kissufim near the Gaza border. Sasson was part of a small squad of soldiers that fought against Hamas terrorists for eight hours, saving the lives of 32 female soldiers, 14 wounded Golani fighters, three civilian women and a baby, who were at the base.
Cpt. Or Moses, (22)
From Ashdod, a commander in the Home Front Command, was killed battling Hamas terrorists on the Zikim base near Gaza on October 7. Friends and family say that Moses, a deputy commander in a search-and-rescue battalion, was among those on the base who went out to protect the young trainees, most of whom had only enlisted a few months earlier, to fight against the terrorists trying to infiltrate the base. She is survived by her parents, Yochi and Yisrael, and two younger siblings.