Shimon Lugasi
19 years old
Acre
Shimon Yohai Lugasi, 19, of Acre, was a surveillance balloon operator in the Border Defense Corps’s 414th unit, remembered as a righteous young man with a permanent smile. On October 7, he and four fellow balloon operators at the Nahal Oz outpost fought back when Hamas terrorists invaded the base. Vastly outnumbered, all five were killed in the battle.
Sgt. Shimon Lugasi, 19, of Acre - 414th Battalion, Border Defense Corps.