Sergeant Ben Yitzhak Oanounou
Sergeant Ben Yitzhak Oanounou served in the Golani Brigade. Oanounou had just enlisted a few months prior to Operation Protective Edge and had lost 40 kilograms in order to do so. After only a few months in service, he became an exceptional solider and was deployed in Gaza alongside another soldier and commander, while the rest of their company remained in Israel's north. He was killed in a battle in Shejaiya on Sunday, July 20.Thousands attended his funeral. During the ceremony, his grandfather asked everyone to salute the fallen soldier. “I salute you, my dearest grandson, I salute you,” he said unable to hold back tears. Oanounou was from Ashdod, where he lived with his parents, two brothers, and sister. He was 19 years old.