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'I'm going in,' IDF soldier told mother hours before he was killed in Gaza
By Jonathan Lis, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: Hamas, Israel News, Gaza, IDF

Well-wishers flocked to the Givat Ze'ev home of Staff Sergeant Dvir Emmanueloff on Sunday to console the family of the Israeli soldier who died earlier in the day battling Gaza militants.

A neighbor said the last last contact Emmanueloff, 22, had with his family was on Saturday night, when he told his mother he was about to enter Gaza. Hours later, he was killed in action.


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"He was a wonderful, kind-hearted [and] happy boy," said the neighbor.

Emmanueloff, a graduate of a Jewish seminary in the southern town of Netivot, was killed during a firefight in northern Gaza's densely populated Jabalya refugee camp early Sunday. He had been set to complete his compulsory service in the Israel Defense Forces in six months' time.

The 22-year-old had recently been serving as an instructor at the IDF academy for squad leaders, away from the front, and had fought to rejoin the Golani infantry brigade in order to participate in operations.

A friend of the soldier's, Avichai Peretz, said: "He wasn't eager to go into battle, but he was pleased that he was able to assist in any way that he could."

Emmanueloff was laid to rest on Sunday evening at Jerusalem's Mount Herzl military cemetery. He is survived by his mother, three sisters and a brother.


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      1.   condolences 00:30  |  alan 05/01/09
      2.   IDF soldier 00:39  |  Jeff 05/01/09
      3.   Salute 00:41  |  k 05/01/09
      4.   Dvir 00:43  |  Max Molenaar 05/01/09
      5.   May his memory be a blessing. 00:46  |  Ahavat Yisrael 05/01/09
      6.   IDF soldier told mother hours before he was killed in Gaza 00:47  |  Jay 05/01/09
      7.   Waste 01:11  |  JJ 05/01/09
      8.   My heart is with you 01:21  |  FAL 05/01/09
      9.   Thank you for your sacrifice 02:11  |  Steve 05/01/09
      10.   Condolences from America 02:11  |  Spitzer 05/01/09
      11.   Sincere and heartfelt condolences 03:45  |  Connie 05/01/09
      12.   Condolences from Atlanta 05:18  |  richard s 05/01/09
      13.   My condolences to families of killed soldiers. 05:22  |  Vittorio 05/01/09
      14.   Baruch Dayan Ha Emet 05:26  |  MC 05/01/09
      15.   Condolences from Denmark 06:52  |  RH 05/01/09
      16.   Dvir Emmanueloff 08:26  |  Sheryl 05/01/09
      17.   baruch dayan haemet 08:26  |  bde 05/01/09
      18.   condolence from a falango freind 08:28  |  joseph hadad 05/01/09
      19.   Staff Sergeant Dvir Emmanueloff Family 09:12  |  Robert 05/01/09
      20.   Givat Ze`ev is an illegal settlement 10:11  |  John 05/01/09
      21.   To Mother 10:18  |  Vlad 05/01/09
      22.   Condolences from South America 10:21  |  Bauler 05/01/09
      23.   Dvir a brave soldier! 10:31  |  shalom 05/01/09
      24.   REST IN PEACE 11:53  |  JOSIANE AND FAMILY 05/01/09
      25.   Condolence from Memphis 12:45  |  IE 05/01/09
      26.   How about some condolences to Gazan Children?? 13:48  |  manager 05/01/09
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