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IDF Soldiers Honored for Bravery During Gaza Conflict
(Jerusalem Post) Yaakov Lappin - IDF Chief of Staff Gen. Benny Gantz on Monday approved citations for bravery to 25 soldiers for their actions during the 2014 Gaza war. Lt. Eitan Pund, armed only with a handgun, led four soldiers into a terrorist tunnel in Gaza on Aug. 1 after the kidnapping of Lt. Hadar Goldin. He was able to retrieve evidence that allowed the army to declare Goldin dead. St.-Sgt. Maj. (res.) Omri (full name withheld) jumped on a fellow soldier after a grenade was thrown at the unit in Gaza on Aug. 2, protecting him with his body. During combat, Omri strove to engage the enemy, risking his life repeatedly while helping to evacuate injured soldiers. St.-Sgt. (res.) Yogev Ofir was in a unit targeted by a terror cell with an anti-tank missile on July 25. Ofir rushed to the site and returned fire, using ammunition from other soldiers when his own ran out. He provided cover so the wounded could be evacuated and helped treat them despite sustaining an injury himself. While lying in ambush for a terror cell in Gaza on July 29, U.S.-born Sgt. Sahar Elbaz's unit came under fire. While the other members of the unit changed position, Elbaz remained in place and returned fire despite coming under intense enemy fire, and killed four terrorists.