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Widow of Fallen Soldier Remarries

Gal Moreno, whose husband Itai was killed defending Kibbutz Zikim on October 7, wed Neriya Leibowitz this week

Widow of Fallen IDF Soldier Itai Moreno Remarries

Gal Moreno, widow of IDF reservist Itai Moreno who was killed in combat at Kibbutz Zikim, married Neriya Leibowitz this week.

The couple announced their engagement several months ago. At the time, Moreno shared photos of her fiancé along with a poetic message: "Like the sun warming the Arava desert, like rain adorning the sea with every ripple, like a falling star sacrificing itself for a wish, so our paths crossed at the right point. Like an olive tree gradually spreading its branches, like the moon lighting my way in darkness, like clouds raining on the good earth, so my soul speaks love to you. I have been blessed to discover that the heart knows how to expand and love again. Thank G-d, we are engaged."

Itai fell during reserve duty with the Maglan special forces unit—an elite reconnaissance unit under the IDF's Commando Brigade—to which he was called up under emergency orders on October 7. He was killed while engaging a terrorist cell in communities along the Gaza border.

Itai was the nephew of Lieutenant Colonel Emanuel Moreno of the General Staff Reconnaissance Unit (Sayeret Matkal), who was killed during the Second Lebanon War in 2006.

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