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Asaf Hamami
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Asaf Hamami was an Israeli Defense Forces colonel who served as commander of the Southern Brigade in the Gaza Strip. Having enlisted in 2001, he held leadership roles in the Givati Brigade and commanded the Rimon Unit and Tzabar Battalion. He subsequently headed the Oz Brigade training school and the Negev Brigade prior to his final post. He was killed defending Kibbutz Nirim during the October 7, 2023 attack, and his body was taken to Gaza.
In the news: A community center named in his honor was inaugurated in Kiryat Ono, and the IDF revealed details about a Hamas commander who held his body.
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