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Source: https://www.ynetnews.com/article/rk5fp0011ba
Israel's Defenders Stand Unyielding in Face of Death
(Ynet News) Yoav Zitun - Shlomo Boimester, in his 70s, serves as a reserve front-line officer in the Gaza Division during emergencies. He rushed into the Re'im base while carrying his personal weapon, and on his way there he encountered terrorists and eliminated them. Boimester was wounded by shrapnel during the exchange, and despite his injury continued to function in the division's war room. 2nd Lt. A., an assistant information security officer without combat training, was on duty at the Re'im base when the surprise attack by Hamas began. A. eliminated several terrorists and managed to thwart several attacks. The commander of the Shahar battalion in the Rescue Brigade of the Home Front Command, Lt.-Col. Yarden Shukron, was sent to the Urim base along with several of her soldiers following reports of four terrorists roaming the base. During the fighting, Shukron killed three of the terrorists inside the base, and her soldiers thwarted the fourth terrorist. A force from the Caracal Battalion under the command of Lt.-Col. Or Ben Yehuda captured 15 armed terrorists in Moshav Yad after many hours of intense fighting.