The past 13 hours, when the IDF entered and operated on the ground in Gaza, was bloody and painful with the fall of 77 soldiers whose names were permitted to be published, among them Givati soldiers and two fighters of the 21th Battalion. One of them was Asif Luger, <>, from Kibbutz Yagur, who fell in battle in the northern Gaza Strip.
Idan Luger tells of Asif, his fallen son: "He saw that I was worried, and said to me, 'Don't worry, Daddy, I have no intention of dying.'"
In front of the cameras, in a heartbreaking interview, his father Idan Luger spoke about his son Asif, an armored fighter. "In fact, he started an officer track, during which he decided that he wanted to be an armored combat fighter and transferred to the 7th Brigade. He took all the necessary routes, and recently the entire brigade, together with his battalion, were in the Gaza envelope in operational activity."
Idan Luger, father of the late Asif Luger, photo: Michel (Dot) Kom
The father, who himself is currently serving in the reserves, spoke about his son's last days: "On Black Saturday he was at home. He says to me, 'Dad, they bounced us.' I drove him to Ashkelon, he connected there with the force that was with him, and in fact from there it was the last time I saw him. I spoke to him for the last time when he was in Beersheba. He saw that I was worried, he told me, 'Don't worry, I have no intention of dying.'"
Asif, blessed memory, was very connected to music and invested a lot of time in it. "Music is mostly what he loved," his father said. "He grew up in Yegor, was a happy, loving child and was very connected to the society and society here. He loved hanging out, he loved being a part of them, he just tried to enjoy every moment he had."
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