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The remains of IDF soldier<\/a> Private Yaakov Zrihan, killed during Israel’s War of Independence, were identified after being found in an unmarked mass grave in Kiryat Enavim, the military announced on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The findings follow a 15-year investigation by the IDF’s Missing Persons Branch, which noted that the grave contained the remains of seven additional IDF<\/a> soldiers.<\/p>\n

The investigation included locating and analyzing documents, interviewing witnesses, conducting soil analyses, and conducting archaeological surveys, the IDF added.<\/p>\n

Zrihan made Aliyah from Casablanca, Morocco<\/a>, in 1947 with the youth movement and enlisted in the Palmach on April 12, 1948.<\/p>\n

According to the IDF, he is believed to have been a member of a convoy to free the besieged city of Jerusalem<\/a> and was likely killed near Shaar Hagai on April 20, 1948.<\/p>\n

The IDF said that a state ceremony will be planned for the late private, noting the significance of the findings 78 years after his disappearance.<\/p>\n

Zrihan’s family, including his sister, Yvonne Cohen, was updated by IDF Chief Human Resources Officer and Casualty Brigade Chief, Brig.-Gen. Edna Ilya, following the investigation’s conclusion.<\/p>\n

“It is our privilege to continue to act out of a deep moral obligation to bring comfort and accompany the bereaved families,” said Ilya.<\/p>\n

Cohen described the discovery as meaning “the world” to her, saying she plans to call her sons so they may say the Kaddish prayer at his burial site.<\/p>\n

Shir Peretz contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The remains of IDF soldier Private Yaakov Zrihan, killed during Israel’s War of Independence, were identified after being…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":196794,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[33],"tags":[36407,423,37,2377],"class_list":["post-196793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-grave","tag-idf","tag-israel","tag-soldiers"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116885799844430480","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196793\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/196794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}