Five IDF Troops Killed; Call to Pray for the Wounded
Five Israeli soldiers were killed Monday, four in a mortar attack near the Gaza border, an IDF spokesman confirmed this evening. Six were wounded in the shelling, some critically, as Israel continued to bury its fallen soldiers throughout the day. The wounded were rushed to Israeli hospitals, where 122 combat troops were undergoing treatment for injuries sustained in the Gaza operation.
The identities of those killed and injured today were not yet available, but their families have been informed, said the IDF.
Prayers for the Wounded
Late last week the Chabad Youth Organization of Israel placed ads in Israeli media providing the Hebrew names of injured soldiers along with their mothers’ first names; listed the hospitals in which they are being treated; and called for prayers for their speedy recovery.
In addition to prayers for the wounded, thousands of people from Israel and abroad are doing the mitzvah of bikur cholim, (visiting the sick) spending time where permitted with the soldiers at the hospitals where they are being treated.
As of Monday morning, 38 soldiers are undergoing treatment at the Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba; 30 are at the Sheba Medical Center outside Tel Aviv; 34 are at the Barzilai Medical Center in Ashkelon; 19 are undergoing treatment at Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva; One soldier is currently hospitalized at Tel Aviv’s Ichilov Hospital.
For security reasons and so as not to overwhelm the sick, well-wishers are asked to contact the hospitals prior to arrival.
Chabad.org has also set up a special web page where people can dedicate a mitzvah and write a note to IDF soldiers in general.
Mitzvahs and notes can be specifically directed to the wounded, and printouts will be hand delivered by staff and volunteers of the Chabad Terror Victims Project.
For more news, impressions, mitzvahs and prayers related to Operation Protective Edge, click here.
The following is the notice containing the Hebrew names of those who were hospitalized as of last Friday, along with their mothers’ names, which are to be used in prayers for a speedy and complete recovery.
Readers can click on the photo of the ad below for a full-size image of the ad for easier viewing of the names of the hospitalized soldiers.
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