Roi Idan
45 years old
Kibbutz Kfar Azza
Roee Idan, 43, was a photographer for the Ynet news site who lived with his wife Smadar and their three children in Kibbutz Kfar Aza. Colleagues remembered him as a calm, sensitive journalist with a rare eye and an ability to connect with people. On October 7, Roee photographed Hamas terrorists entering Israel by paraglider and sent the images to Ynet before he was shot and killed. Smadar was also murdered; their three-year-old daughter Avigail was abducted to Gaza and released in November 2023.
Roi Idan, 45, of Kibbutz Kfar Azza – a newspaper photographer, he was murdered in his home by Hamas terrorists.