Yuval Halivni

Captain (res.) Yuval Halivni, z"l, from Misgav Dov, a former member of the elite Maglan unit who served as a reserves fighter for Battalion 7008, was fighting gunmen who entrenched themselves inside Sderot, two days after they crossed from Gaza as part of the mass invasion.

Halivni, who worked in organizing outdoor desert camping, is survived by his wife Amit and their two-year-old son Yonatan, as well as by his parents and three siblings.

At the funeral, famous singer Yoni Rechter sang his song “Kol Od,” a favorite of Yuval, who himself sang the song to his family at a Rosh Hashanah gathering weeks before his death.