Gal Meir Eisenkot

Master Sgt. (res.) Gal Meir Eisenkot, 25, of the 551st Brigade’s 699th Battalion, from Herzliya fell in battle in the Gaza Strip. Gal was killed after a bomb exploded in a tunnel shaft near soldiers in the Jabaliya camp in northern Gaza. He was rushed in grave condition to a hospital in Israel, where he died of his injuries. Gal is the son of war cabinet minister and ex-IDF chief Gadi Eisenkot. At his funeral, Israel's president Herzog eulogized Gal: “Gal was educated since his childhood on love for the nation and the homeland and acted in this spirit all the time, including when he was killed,” Herzog added. “Along with the entire nation, I embrace the bereaved Israeli families, whose sacrifice is heavy and unbearably tough, and pledge: We will continue to guard our people and beloved country, for them and ourselves.” The Eisenkot family were dealth another tragedy when Gal's cousin, Maor Cohen Eisenkot, z"l, fell in battle only a few days later.