Missing:
Roni Eshel
Age: 19
In Hopeful Solitude, We Await Your Return. Taken from us on October 7, 2023, you remain in our hearts, thoughts, and prayers. May courage guide your way back to the embrace of your loved ones.
Sgt. Roni Eshel, 19, an observation soldier in the Border Defense Corps’s 414th unit, was killed during the Hamas onslaught on southern Israel on October 7. She was considered missing for more than a month, as her parents begged publicly and desperately for information, until on November 9 the IDF finally confirmed that she had been killed during the initial attack.
Roni’s mother, Sharon Eshel, posted a death notice on her Facebook page, notifying people about the funeral held on November 12 in the Kfar Saba military cemetery. “My beloved girl. My Roni-ki. We went all over the world to find you. But we didn’t succeed. I love you my darling girl, I love you so much,” wrote Eshel on Facebook.
Eshel, 19, had been in the army for a year and two months, working as one of the communication lookouts at an army base near Kibbutz Nahal Oz — part of the team of soldiers who watch the feeds from the cameras placed on the high-tech barrier that was breached by Hamas terrorists.
Eyal Eshel, Roni’s father, stated in many interviews that Roni had told the family that Hamas was studying the border. “‘Dad, they’re studying us,'” she told Eshel. “‘They’re doing their homework. They know almost every corner of the fence itself.'”
“I believed with all my heart the entire month that you would come home to us,” he added. “Roni was warm, witty and kind-hearted. Our Roni, I want you to know that we fought for 35 days like a lion and lioness for our cub… Roni I’m sorry. I failed. I failed in bringing you home.”
Source: The Times of Israel
Roni’s mother, Sharon Eshel, posted a death notice on her Facebook page, notifying people about the funeral held on November 12 in the Kfar Saba military cemetery. “My beloved girl. My Roni-ki. We went all over the world to find you. But we didn’t succeed. I love you my darling girl, I love you so much,” wrote Eshel on Facebook.
Eshel, 19, had been in the army for a year and two months, working as one of the communication lookouts at an army base near Kibbutz Nahal Oz — part of the team of soldiers who watch the feeds from the cameras placed on the high-tech barrier that was breached by Hamas terrorists.
Eyal Eshel, Roni’s father, stated in many interviews that Roni had told the family that Hamas was studying the border. “‘Dad, they’re studying us,'” she told Eshel. “‘They’re doing their homework. They know almost every corner of the fence itself.'”
“I believed with all my heart the entire month that you would come home to us,” he added. “Roni was warm, witty and kind-hearted. Our Roni, I want you to know that we fought for 35 days like a lion and lioness for our cub… Roni I’m sorry. I failed. I failed in bringing you home.”
Source: The Times of Israel
