This morning (Sunday), Sgt. Binyamin Meir Airly, 21, from Beit Shemesh, a soldier in the 101st Battalion, Paratroopers Brigade, fell in battle in the northern Gaza Strip. Hundreds of Beit Shemesh residents accompanied him to his final resting place, waving Israeli flags and braving pouring rain. The funeral took place at 16:00.
The Beit Shemesh Spokesperson’s office stated that: “The Hero of Israel, Binyamin Meir Airly ob”m to eternal resting place is accompanied by many hundreds of residents of the city of Beit Shemesh in pouring rain, singing in pain, waving Israeli flags and paying their last respects to a Hero of Israel on his last path to eternal rest. The residents of the city of Beit Shemesh are agonized and pained at the fall of the soldier, Hero of Israel, a fighter with the 101st Battalion of the Paratroop brigade in battle in the northern Gaza Strip during the Swords of Iron War. The story of his heroism is a model for the People of Israel.”
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