First Female Soldier to Be Killed in Action in Gaza

First Sergeant Agam Naim, a 20-year-old paramedic from Kibbutz Mishmarot, became the first female soldier to fall in Gaza since October 7th. Naim, serving with the 52nd Battalion, was killed alongside three other fighters during a ground operation.

Her 6 months of service in Gaza was supposed to end this Thursday. Agam had been home over the weekend because she was ill and only returned to Gaza on Monday.

The unit doctor told her she didn’t have to enter Gaza because she was finishing her assignment on Thursday, but she bravely chose to anyway.

Her Aunt Muriel said: “Her parents were very afraid of her service. She came for advice, and there was a big family conversation when she was sent to Gaza.

In the end, we told her to follow her heart, and she said something I’ll never forget. She said that she wouldn’t be able to look into the eyes of the mothers of her comrades in her unit if they were going to Gaza and she wasn’t there to take care of them.

“Just this week, she treated the wounded, some of them in serious condition. We are surviving without sleep, without breathing. What kind of child will I have at the end of the war? I hope that my daughter will return home healthy, both in body and soul.

May the war end and we return to normal, Amen. My Agami, I am proud of you, my little girl. I am waiting for you, my love.”

The paramedics organization also paid tribute to Agam: “Agam, one of the pioneers serving as paramedic in a combat role, stood at the forefront of the battle in Gaza.

She served in a role that required a unique combination of courage, dedication and endless professionalism.

Agam was there to fight for the lives of her fellow members of the unit, bearing the enormous responsibility of caring for, and saving, lives under extremely difficult field conditions.”

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