Captain Dmitri Levitas
Captain Dmitri Levitas was an officer in the Armored Corps. He was killed in Gaza on Tuesday, July 22, by a sniper. Levitas immigrated from Tashkent, Uzbekistan, at the age of 1. Levitas had moved from Jerusalem to the Golan community of Geshur. He is the first IDF casualty since the kibbutz was founded in 1978. He is survived by his parents and two siblings. He was 26 years old.