Staff Sgt. David Ratner, 20, a Golani Brigade soldier, was killed on October 7 battling the Hamas invasion of the Nahal Oz IDF base. Despite being wounded, he continued fighting for many hours until he was killed. He was buried on October 13 in Ashdod.

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