Sgt. First Class Zvi Feldman, who went missing during the First Lebanon War in 1982, was laid to rest Monday at Israel’s Holon Military Cemetery, bringing closure to a decades-long national and personal tragedy.
Feldman vanished during the Battle of Sultan Yacoub, a fierce tank engagement between Israeli and Syrian forces in Lebanon’s Beqaa Valley.
He was one of three Israeli soldiers reported missing after the battle. The remains of one, Sgt. First Class Zachary Baumel, were returned in 2019. The third soldier, Sgt. First Class Yehuda Katz, is still unaccounted for.
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The recovery of Feldman’s body was made possible through a covert operation carried out by the Mossad and the Israel Defense Forces. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu personally notified the Feldman family
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