The IDF has appointed Lt. Col. Eitan Fund, a recipient of the Medal of Valor for his heroic entry into a Hamas tunnel in Rafah in 2014, as the new commander of the Bislamach Brigade's reconnaissance battalion. He replaces Lt. Col. Itamar Itam, who led the battalion during the recent fighting.
The IDF has appointed Lt. Col. Eitan Fund as the new commander of the reconnaissance battalion of the Bislamach Brigade (Bislamach is the IDF's School for Infantry Corps Professions and a maneuver brigade, often deployed in Judea and Samaria and on the Gaza front). Fund, a decorated officer, received the Medal of Valor — Israel's highest military decoration — for his actions during Operation Protective Edge in 2014, when he entered a Hamas tunnel in Rafah under heavy fire in an attempt to rescue the abducted officer Lt. Hadar Goldin, whose body was seized by Hamas in violation of a ceasefire. The appointment is part of routine command rotations in the brigade. Fund succeeds Lt. Col. Itamar Itam, who commanded the battalion through the recent fighting — referring to the current war and the ongoing ground operations in Gaza and across multiple fronts since October 7, 2023. Details on when Fund assumes command and Itam's next posting were not provided in this announcement.
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