(13 Dec 2023)
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Jerusalem - 13 December 2023
1. Pan of funeral for Lt. Col. Tomer Grinberg, a battalion commander killed in Gaza during an ambush by Palestinian militants
2. Mid of man crying
3. Various of coffin draped in Israeli flag being put into the grave and buried with sand
4. Pan of wreaths held by three female soldiers
5. Israel's Defense Minister Yoav Gallant entering the funeral and shaking hands of family members
6. Mid of Gallant
7. Mid of ceremony
8. Mid of mourners
9. SOUNDBITE (Hebrew) Adina Grinberg, mother of Lt. Col. Tomer Grinberg:
"I will always take care of you, and you will always be with me. You are my personal hero and the hero of the entire state of Israel. Thanks to you, everyone, all the soldiers, will end this campaign with an overwhelming victory."
10. Mid of Shira Grinberg, widow of Lt. Col. Tomer Grinberg
11. SOUNDBITE (Hebrew) Ashira Grinberg, widow of fallen Lieutenant colonel Tomer Grinberg:
“People ask what it is like to be married to a military man, but I wouldn't replace you with anyone else. You were an amazing father, Arbel's father, and you were my man, and I was your wife. The 13th Battalion will never break. I love you. Come and visit me.”
12. Various of troops firing gun salute
13. Gallant laying wreath on the grave, embracing family members
14. Wide of mourners
15. Close of mourner putting sand on grave
16. Close of Israeli flag
STORYLINE:
Hundreds of people gathered in the rain in Jerusalem on Wednesday to mourn the death of an Israeli army commander who was killed in the Gaza Strip.
Israeli defense minister Yoav Gallant attended the funeral and placed a wreath on the grave of Lt. Col. Tomer Grinberg.
Grinberg and at least nine other soldiers were killed during an ambush in Gaza City, the military said, as Hamas puts up stiff resistance in areas that Israel has isolated and pounded with airstrikes for over two months.
"I will always take care of you, and you will always be with me. You are my personal hero and the hero of the entire state of Israel”, Grinberg’s mother, Adina told mourners at the funeral.
The air and ground war has killed thousands of Palestinian civilians and pushed nearly 85% of Gaza’s population from their homes, sparking international outrage.
The United States has repeatedly called on Israel to take greater measures to spare civilians, even as it has blocked international calls for a cease-fire and rushed military aid to its close ally.
More than six weeks after Israeli soldiers invaded Gaza’s north in the wake of Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack, ground troops are still locked in heavy combat with Palestinian fighters in and around Gaza City.
Clashes raged overnight and into Wednesday in multiple areas, with especially heavy fighting in Shijaiyah, a dense neighborhood that was the scene of a major battle during the 2014 war between Israel and Hamas.
Troops who were searching a cluster of buildings in Shijaiyah on Tuesday lost communication with four soldiers who had come under fire, the military said. When the other soldiers launched a rescue operation, they were ambushed with heavy gunfire and explosives.
Among the nine dead were Col. Itzhak Ben Basat, 44, the most senior officer to have been killed in the ground operation, alongside Lt. Col. Grinberg.
AP video shot by Sam McNeil
Production by Isaac Scharf
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