(8 Jul 2025)
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Jerusalem – 8 July 2025
1. Various of coffin of Sergeant Moshe Nissim Frech, 20, covered by an Israeli flag being brought in by soldiers
2. Wide of funeral
3. Various of mourners
4. Folded Israeli flag being held by soldier
5. Pan from mourners to zoom in on funeral
6. Soldier crying, going to hug Moshe’s father
7. Soldiers standing
STORYLINE:
Hundreds of mourners attended the funeral on Tuesday of one of the five Israeli soldiers that were killed overnight in northern Gaza.
The military said Tuesday two other soldiers were seriously wounded in an attack that came as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was in Washington and Israel and Hamas consider a U.S.-backed ceasefire proposal.
While there was no word of a breakthrough, the killings of the soldiers could add to the pressure on Netanyahu to strike a deal in Israel, where polls have shown widespread support for ending the war.
Sergeant Moshe Nissim Frech, 20, was laid to rest at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem. The five soldiers killed were all from the Netzah Yehuda battalion.
An Israeli security official said explosive devices were detonated against the soldiers during an operation in the Beit Hanoun area in northern Gaza, which was an early target of the war and an area where Israel has repeatedly fought regrouping militants.
Militants also opened fire on the forces who were evacuating the wounded soldiers, the official said. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to discuss the incident with the media.
The military said 14 soldiers were wounded in the attack, two of them seriously. It brings the toll of soldiers killed to 888 since the war against Hamas began in 2023.
The soldiers died roughly two weeks after Israel reported one of its deadliest days in months in Gaza, when seven soldiers were killed after a Palestinian attacker attached a bomb to their armored vehicle.
In a statement, Netanyahu sent his condolences for the deaths, saying the soldiers fell “in a campaign to defeat Hamas and to free all of our hostages.”
AP video by Moshe Edri
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