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Israel Defense Forces Soldiers Receive Citations for Valor -
(Jerusalem Post) Margot Dudkevitch- Head of Southern Command Maj.-Gen. Dan Harel on Tuesday presented citations to IDF soldiers in recognition of their courage. Lt. Fahed Abu Hani of the Beduin Desert Battalion, who was wounded in the leg, shot and killed one of the terrorists responsible for blowing up an IDF post near the Rafah terminal last December. Sgt. Gal Toledo, a combat medic who suffered serious wounds to his ears and eyes in the attack, searched for his wounded comrades buried under the rubble and saved the life of one of them. Staff-Sgt. Amishav Pilai was shot as he led troops into a house to arrest a fugitive in Nusseirat. In the ensuing gun battle he killed the fugitive. A posthumous citation was awarded to the family of Staff-Sgt. Avihu Keinan, who was killed during an operation in El-Bureij to arrest a fugitive. A posthumous citation went to the family of Staff-Sgt. Victor Ariel. In September 2003, Ariel, a combat medic, went to the site of a terrorist ambush to assist Shulamit Batito, who had been shot while jogging near Elei Sinai in the northern Gaza Strip. Ariel was shot and killed by the terrorists while treating her.