An Australian dad has been killed while serving as a tank commander with an Israeli armoured brigade in southern Gaza.
The incident occurred on December 19, marking the first time an Australian citizen has been killed while fighting for Israel against Hamas inside Gaza.
Reserves Captain Lior Sivan, 32, was called up by the Israeli Defence Forces hours after the October 7 Hamas ground attack on southern Israel.
Since then, he had only briefly left the Gaza Strip a few times.
He was awaiting his leave to be with his wife, Liav, who will give birth to their daughter next week.
The couple also has a two-year-old son.
The ABC reports despite not being a fighter by nature, Captain Sivan was committed to protecting Israel, as expressed by his father, Dan Sivan.
“Even though my son loved life, creation, nature, and peace, he saw it as a very important task to def...
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