Funeral for Israeli soldier killed in explosion as troops searched suspect compound in Gaza Strip

(8 Jun 2025)
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Sde Warburg, Israel - 8 June 2025
1. Soldiers carrying a wreath; UPSOUND chanting
2. Mid of mourners
3. Soldiers carrying the coffin of Staff Sgt. Yoav Raver, 19, covered with an Israeli flag
4. Soldier removing Israeli flag from Raver's coffin, coffin being lowered
5. Close of soldiers crying (back shot)
6. Wide of family and mourners at funeral
7. Various of Raver's relatives crying
8. Mid of mourners
9. Pan from Israeli flag folded in hand of soldier to buried coffin
10. Various of mourners at funeral
STORYLINE:
Hundreds of mourners attended the funeral of one of the four Israeli soldiers who were killed Friday in southern Gaza when an explosive detonated as they searched a Hamas compound in Khan Younis.

The explosion caused part of a building to collapse and injured five other soldiers, one seriously, according to the Israel Defense Forces.

On Sunday, friends and relatives of 19 year old staff Sgt. Yoav Raver from the Yahalom combat engineering unit gathered in Sde Warburg, central Israel, to lay him to rest.

Hamas started the war with its massive attack on southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, when Palestinians militants killed some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and took another 251 people hostage. They are still holding 55 hostages, fewer than half of them alive, after most of the rest were released in ceasefire agreements or other deals.

Israel has recovered dozens of bodies, including three in recent days, and rescued eight living hostages over the course of the war.

Israel's military campaign has killed over 54,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza's Health Ministry. It has said women and children make up most of the dead but does not say how many civilians or combatants were killed. Israel says it has killed over 20,000 militants, without providing evidence

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