In Memoriam of:
Ido Binenstock
Age: 19
From: Ramat Gan
In Loving Memory of the Innocent Souls Taken Too Soon. United in peace, their light shines on in the hearts left behind. October 7, 2023, a day of sorrow, but their memories guide us toward a hopeful tomorrow.
Sgt. Ido Binenstock, 19, was killed by Hamas terrorists on the battlefield on October 7, while attempting to treat his fellow soldiers’ wounds.
A combat paramedic in the Golani Brigade’s 13th Battalion, Binenstock and the rest of his squad were stationed at a base near the Gaza border at the time of the deadly October 7 attack. Dozens of Hamas terrorists swarmed the base that morning, wholly outnumbering its soldiers.
Binenstock’s friend Sgt. Shalom Chetrit recalled how he rushed to help other injured soldiers on the battlefield.
“In the middle of a war and facing so many terrorist forces, for me that’s the most heroic it gets,” he told Kan public broadcaster.
While treating his friend Haviv Kiean on the battlefield, Binenstock was fatally shot.
“The terrorist that shot Haviv managed to eliminate him [Binenstock] at the same time he was treating him,” said Sgt. Sagiv Cohen, another soldier in the fallen soldier’s unit.
A resident of Ramat Gan, Ido was born to Ra’anan and Miriam Binenstock. He is also survived by his brother and sister, Gal and Amit.
“He was a boy that would never say no, he was a boy of the Scouts, a boy that passed his matriculation exams,” his father Ra’anan recalled.
Ido contacted his family while on the battlefield that day, texting them first on WhatsApp, and then calling his father during the fighting.
“He told me: ‘I’m full of shrapnel,’ and I said: ‘Okay, try to find where they are, and what you touch, try to remove it,’” said Ra’anan. Moments later, Ido shouted in pain and told him that he had been shot.
Realizing that he was in the final moments of his life, the young soldier said goodbye to his family over the phone, and then promptly ended the call. He was confirmed dead four days later.
Before donning his uniform on October 7, Binenstock was caught on film the night prior in a candid speech to the others in his squad.
“If anyone ever touches one of you, always know that I’ll have your back,” he promised them.
The late soldier’s funeral was held on October 12, at the Nahalat Yitzhak Cemetery in Givatayim. He was promoted from the rank of corporal to sergeant after his death.
Source: The Times of Israel
