Staff Sergeant Itay Yavetz fell in battle in Gaza in October 2025, just before he was set to graduate from the Erez program, which develops future IDF commanders and officers.
In his honor, the IDF presented his parents with the graduation medal in his stead.
THIS. IS. ISRAEL.
IDF soldier Itai Yaavetz, 21, fell while fighting Hamas terrorists in Gaza in October 2025.
Itai was part of a special army program to prepare the next generation of IDF leadership.
The IDF invited his parents and brother pic.twitter.com/dyBKt5F0Hn— KARIN GOLAN קארין גולן (@KARINGOLANghsg) August 10, 2026