Staff Sergeant Bnaya Rubel
Staff Sergeant Bnaya Rubel served in the Paratroopers 101st Battalion. He was killed on Friday, July 19, after a violent encounter with a terrorist who had infiltrated Israel through a tunnel. Ada Rubel spoke at her son’s funeral, saying: “There are no words to describe the loss we feel today. We so waited for your return, and instead the messengers came.” Rubel was from Holon. He was 20 years old.