Family members and mourners attend the funeral of IDF soldier Yekutiel Yehuda Katz at the Mount of Olives cemetery in Jerusalem, August 21, 2026. Katz was killed in the Battle of Sultan Yacoub during the First Lebanon War in 1982, and his remains were returned to Israel 44 years later. (Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
Sgt. Yehuda Katz went missing during the 1982 Battle of Sultan Yacoub, a fierce clash between IDF and Syrian forces that killed 20 Israeli soldiers and left six soldiers unaccounted for.
After 44 years of uncertainty, a covert intelligence operation in Syria recovered his remains, closing the search for the missing from that battle as he was laid to rest today.
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