Captain Tal Groshka, commander of the supporting company in the 931st Battalion of the Nahal Brigade, was with his soldiers in Gush Etzion on the morning of October 7. When the campaign began in the south, Groshka took some of the fighters and headed for the Gaza envelope, where he also died.
Tal's brother Itai tells of his brother, 19 years his junior, who was the best at everything – in football, playing the piano, on the theater stage – and also in the army, where he was predicted to advance to the highest ranks.
Hear a story, Israel Hayom's Special Edition Supplement Podcast - Our Heroes, about the fighters and women, policemen and women, civilians and sisters who risked their lives and worked to save lives in an iron sword war.
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