Tzvi Feldman laid to rest decades after Battle of Sultan Yacoub

Home at Last: Two Sons, Two Stories, One Homeland

Amidst all the noise and emotion, a different kind of return unfolded – quieter, more subdued, and 43 years in the making. The body of Tzvi Feldman, a missing soldier captured during a brutal battle in Syria in 1983, was finally brought home to Israel for burial.

Tzvi Feldman laid to rest decades after Battle of Sultan Yacoub

Feldman fought in the Battle of Sultan Yacoub between Israel and Syria in June 1982, in which six soldiers were declared missing in action. His remains were recovered from Syria after 43 years.

43 Years Later: Tzvi Feldman laid to rest

After more than four decades missing in action, Staff Sergeant Tzvi Feldman, killed in the 1982 Battle of Sultan Yaqub, was finally laid to rest in Israel today.

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The story of Sergeant First Class Zvi Feldman

Announcement from the Office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: In a special operation by the Mossad and the IDF, we have brought home the body of Armored Corps soldier Staff Sergeant Tzvi Feldman (of blessed memory), who fell in battle at Sultan Yacoub in June 1982 during the First Lebanon War. For decades, Tzvika was missing, and the efforts to locate him, alongside the other missing soldiers from that battle, never ceased for a moment. Abo…

Israeli soldier laid to rest 43 years after disappearance

Sgt. First Class Zvi Feldman, who went missing during the First Lebanon War in 1982, was laid to rest Monday at Israel’s Holon Military Cemetery, bringing closure to a decades-long national and personal tragedy. Feldman vanished during the Battle of Sultan Yacoub, a fierce tank engagement between Israeli and Syrian forces in Lebanon’s Beqaa Valley.... The post Israeli soldier laid to rest 43 years after disappearance appeared first on Daily Trut…