The Binyamin Regional Council announced yesterday evening (Saturday) about the fall of the reserve soldier Mordechai Yosef Ben Shoam the 14th, 34 years old, a resident of the settlement of Adam in Binyamin.
Mordechai, married to Nathalie and the father of a 9-month-old baby girl. He enlisted in the reserves on Simchat Torah and served for many months. He was killed on Saturday along with his MP in an operational mission.
Mordechai worked at the Benjamin Headquarters Development Company for the past 5 years as a Savannah driver, and was one of the company’s most dedicated employees. He drove children from special education, respected them and liked them so much that he was invited to the birthday celebrations of the children he drove.
Head of the Regional Council Binyamin Yisrael Gantz: “We lost a great man who was devoted to his family and to everyone who was close to him. He was one of the most dedicated employees of the development company. In the last year, Mordechi was devoted to the people of Israel in a very long reserve service for the defense of the homeland he loved so much. We embrace him at this difficult time. His dear wife Nathalie and the whole family, and we will stand by them in whatever it takes. I would like to give strength to all the residents of the settlement Adam. The memory of Mordechai will always be with us in Habel Binyamin and Eretz Yisrael.”
In addition, earlier today, the IDF spokesman released the death of Major Yotam Yitzhak Peled, from Mash Ha’Ein, commander of an administrative support company in the 8119 Battalion, Logistics Corps.
Both fell in battle in the center of the Gaza Strip during an activity to bring in equipment, in the Netzer logistic axis. Their vehicle, which was driving on the highway, was severely damaged by a charge that was placed on it. The explosion happened while an administrative convoy of armed forces from the Peled and Mordechai reserve battalion was traveling, which is fighting in the Netzer axis these days.
The head of the Eye and the Yad Labanim organization said: “We mourn the death of the city’s resident Major (Res.) Yotam Yitzhak Peled, the late commander of an administrative assistance company in the logistics division who fell in battle in the center of the Gaza Strip.”
The Netzarim corridor is a zone that was set up by the IDF during the current Gaza War. It extends from the area of Kibbutz Be’eri to the Mediterranean Sea, the land of the former Gush Katif community called Netzarim that was evacuated by Israel in 2005. The zone is up to 4 km in some places and it’s goal is to help establish security in Gaza by giving the IDF a base in the area. It also enables IDF soldiers to check Gazans who want to move from the Southern Gaza Strip to the North to ensure they aren’t armed terrorists.
