On video: Amit Segal breaks down live following the announcement of the fall of the Sheldag fighter Yitzhar Hoffman/News 12
The political commentator of News 12, Amit Segal, burst into tears this evening (Wednesday) live, while he told about the fall of his friend, major in the reserves, Yitzhar Hoffman, 36 years old, from Ashhar, a platoon commander in the Sheldag unit, in a battle in the northern Gaza Strip.
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After the IDF spokesman allowed it to be published, presenter Keren Marciano announced on News 12 about the fall of the combat officer Hoffman, colleague Amit Segal shared that he knew Hoffman. Basically when the IDF returned," said Segal, "the 9th space of Sheldag, the 15th space of the Ali Preparatory, two in the last day."
"I'm telling you, when I heard that Yitzhar Hoffman was killed," Segal added, "I said, "But he's so small. He was the neighbor's kid. Right from the house next door to Ofra. And I remember the pictures of him playing," at this point Segal choked with excitement, asked for the forgiveness of Marciano, stopped for a few seconds and broke down in tears.
After that he added: "Let's just say that his cousin, Fini, also fell in the Gaza Strip 20 years ago."
"What a tragedy, and how many losses we suffer in this war," Marciano said to the staff, "we'll give you a second to take some air."
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