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| The late Captain Eitan with his wife Yael and their 8-month-old baby son Boaz |
Captain (Res.) Eitan Koplowitz (28) and Sergeant Major (Res.) Ilon Weiss (49) were killed in battle in the northern Gaza Strip. The two served in the 129th Battalion of the 8th Brigade. children and a granddaughter, Eitan left behind a wife and an 8-month-old baby
The IDF spokesman this morning (Sunday) allowed the publication that Capt.
. (resp.) Eitan Koplowitz, 28 years old from Jerusalem, and Sergeant Major (resp.) Ilon Weiss, 49 years old from Psagot, were killed in battle in the northern Gaza Strip. The two were fighters in the 129th Battalion of the 8th Brigade, and they were killed in an IED explosion on a tank in Gaza City.
During the battle, two other fighters from the battalion were seriously injured. "The fighters were evacuated to receive medical treatment at a hospital, and their families were informed," said an IDF spokesman
Regional Council paid tribute to him, saying that "Ilon volunteered for the reserves and served since Simchat Torah as an armored fighter. He is an educator and one of the pillars of the Psagot community."
Israel Gantz, head of the Binyamin Regional Council and chairman of the Yesha
Council, added that "Ilon is a beloved friend and neighbor. One of the pillars of the Psagot community, he built a glorious family with his wife Neta. An educator and a great man. Since Simchat Torah he has been in reserve service as a volunteer." According to him, "In half a year he will turn 50 - and he fought as an armorer like a young man. About two weeks ago he married his daughter Racheli and in three weeks daughter Hodia will get married.
"There are no words at this great and difficult hour," added Gantz. "We here at Psagot and Benjamin will remember his way and his legacy. The fall of Elon along with the other heroic fighters obliges us to cling to the victory for which they gave their lives."
The head of the Beit El local council, Shay Alon, paid tribute to Weiss as well, saying that "Ilon, the son of Giura and Beth Sheva Weiss from Beit El, fell in the fighting in Gaza. The heart is having a hard time containing the heavy loss. Ilon grew up in the Yishuv, the son of the Yishuv's veterans and its founders. He A beloved man and a dear friend to all those around him." He added: "Elon fought valiantly and did not give up until the last moment. He left behind a wife and 7 children. Our hearts are with his family when the hard news was
announced. 'Let it be known among the entiles before our eyes that the vengeance of the blood of your servants was shed.'
Eitan Koplowitz grew up and was educated in Hosea in the Jezreel Valley. He left
behind his wife Yael and his baby son Boaz, only 8 months old, as well as a couple of parents and 5 brothers and sisters. Koplowitz is a graduate of the high school yeshiva in Sde Ya'akov, was in the seder yeshiva at Atniel and enlisted in the armor course. "He excelled in every course and every stage he passed, stood out in leadership and quiet and calm leadership, his commanders and apprentices always knew that he could be trusted, he radiated the quietest authority there is," said uncle Bentzi Koplowitz, a Hosheya resident.
After he was released from permanent employment, he began to study law at the Hebrew University. "He also excelled there, these days he was nearing the beginning of his internship," added his uncle. "As we know him, he was accepted in all the places he went to. Immediately after the war, the casualty informants knocked on our doors, and this is the good news of Job that no one expects. Many of our family members are at this time in the heart of
the fighting on the front in the south and in the north, and Eitan is the best of them."
was meant to be a leader. The nation of Israel lost a precious diamond destined for greatness, who always aspired to excellence and achieved it, along with the humility that characterized him."
Four months ago, during his reserve service, his friends at the base celebrated his birthday. "We've been here for almost a very significant and intense month. Every time I raise my head and say 'there's no reason for this to work', for people to come and be engaged. But it really works and it makes me happy, even though I'd rather be with other people on my birthday," said Eitan jokingly in the video, which his family approved to publish this morning.
Meir Koplowitz, Eitan's cousin, wrote on his Facebook account: "When I was little, I asked my mother who she thought, of all my cousins, was the best. We both answered together that you were. Therefore, when she informed me yesterday that she had been killed, I answered her: 'Not surprising.' Yesterday I got proof that I was right. You were the best and humblest of them, I salute you and love you dear
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