The funeral of Sergeant Nissim Kahlon who fell in the Gaza Strip, March 28, 2024/Shlomi Gabai
Tonight (Thursday) more than a thousand people escorted Sergeant Nissim Kahlon, a fighter in the Rotem Battalion (435) in the Givati Brigade, who fell in battle in the Gaza Strip, to his eternal rest in the Hadera cemetery. Together with his family, the Mayor of Hadera, Nir Ben Haim, members of the city council, Rabbi The head of the city, Rabbi Israel Meir Biton and his platoon members in the battalion's auxiliary company.
Kahlon, who was supposed to be released in five months, fell in an encounter with terrorists in the southern Gaza Strip and left behind his parents, Galit and Gabriel Ach, and three brothers and sisters Yosef Haim, Maayan and Ural. His platoon members arrived From the fighting in Gaza to pay his last respects and were called to cover the grave, some of them knelt in heartbreaking tears and cried: "What a friend we have lost."
"Why do I deserve this? What a child I have," exclaimed the mother Galit when covering the grave, "What an honor he did to everyone, thank you for everything, mother." His father Gabriel eulogized him and said, "Dear Nissim, thank the Creator of the world for allowing us to enjoy you for 21 years. Thank you for the respect you showed to your mother, our house fell apart, you believed in your way to protect the country. The pain is great and will never heal. Thank you for what you did for me. As long as you enlisted, I knew but I couldn't stop you, there was no chance. proud of you".
The funeral of Sergeant Nissim Kahlon who fell in the Gaza Strip, March 28, 2024/Shlomi Gabai
His brothers also said words of lamentation for their brother Nissim. First, the nurse Maayan described the loss and said "I will never be whole without you. I want you to come back so that you can be here for me. I will not be able to be happy anymore. I miss you." Sister Oral paid tribute "You were always our pride. You were always there for me and always helped me with everything. I will never forget you. You loved to help everyone and you will always be in our hearts, I love you fully." His brother Yossi: "I waited so long for you to come back and dad came and told me 'Yossi, Nissim has passed away'. I cried a lot. I love you."
Reuven, Nisaim's uncle, said that he had the whole world for him, "my heart. You were called a hero of Israel. I remember driving you to the train on October 7 and telling you not to go there, but you insisted and said that 'I enlisted to fight and now is the time.'
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The funeral of Sergeant Nissim Kahlon who fell in the Gaza Strip, March 28, 2024/Shlomi Gabai
Col. (resp.) Oren Zini told about miracles and the soldier he was: "I believed wholeheartedly that this was a just war. You were a quiet, kind-hearted, modest person who gave advice. Everyone loved being with you. You felt a great responsibility to serve as a warrior. You aspire to contribute the maximum in your military service and are engaged in every task. You fought in Sderot and Kfar Gaza, killing terrorists and saving many residents. You were supposed to be on a special vacation but you changed friends. I assure you that we will do everything to restore peace and security to the State of Israel. We will fight until victory. Blessed are the army whose warriors are these. Thank you for being a part of us, we will miss you very much. I salute you."
Hadera's chief rabbi, Rabbi Yisrael Biton, said "We are in the month of Adar, the month of miracles and there are no miracles, our miracles are gone. How much you loved your parents, you were a hero who went to give his soul for the sake of Klal Yisrael. You gave your life for the people of Israel." Yaakov, Nisim's friend said that "we were all waiting for the war to end so that we could accomplish everything you planned. Just two weeks ago we were still planning things, watch over us from above."
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