After 44 Years, IDF MIA Soldier Yehuda Katz Is Finally Home

<p>After 44 years, IDF soldier Yehuda Yekutiel Katz, HY”D, is finally home.Yehuda was only 22 when he fought in the Battle of Sultan Yacoub during the First Lebanon War on June 11, 1982. An Israeli armored force was caught in a deadly clash with Syrian forces in the Bekaa Valley. Twenty soldiers were killed. Dozens were wounded. Three young soldiers disappeared: Zachary Baumel, Zvi Feldman, and Yehuda Katz.For decades, their families waited. For decades, Israel searched.Zachary Baumel was brought home in 2019 after 37 years. Zvi Feldman was brought home in 2025 after almost 43 years. Now Yehuda Katz has been found, identified, and returned in a special operation led by IDF Military Intelligence and the Mossad.What other nation does this? Governments changed. Wars were fought. The Soviet Union disappeared. The Middle East was transformed. The Jewish people never forgot one missing soldier.Friends who served with Yehuda, and friends who learned with him in yeshiva, still remember saying goodbye when he left to defend the Jewish people. He never came home — until now.Israel has not revealed where his remains were found or how they were recovered. Amid the collapse of old regimes in Syria and the transformation of the northern arena, new intelligence opportunities emerged. We cannot claim to know Hashem’s design. We can only say thank You.Thank You to the soldiers, intelligence officers, and Mossad operatives whose names we may never know. Thank You that the Katz family can finally give Yehuda a Jewish burial in the Land of Israel.His funeral procession is set to leave the yeshiva at Kerem B’Yavneh before burial on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem. Forty-four years after leaving yeshiva to defend Am Yisrael, Yehuda Katz is home.May his memory be a blessing. Am Yisrael Chai.Join Our Whatsapp Channel:<a href="https://chat.whatsapp.com/GkavRznXy731nxxRyptCMv"><u> https://chat.whatsapp.com/GkavRznXy731nxxRyptCMv</u></a></p><p>Follow us on Twitter: <a href="https://x.com/AviAbelow"><u>https://x.com/AviAbelow</u></a></p><p>Join our Telegram Channel: <a href="https://t.me/aviabelowpulse"><u>https://t.me/aviabelowpulse</u></a></p><p>Follow us on Instagram:<a href="https://www.instagram.com/pulse_of_israel/?hl=en"><u> https://www.instagram.com/pulse_of_israel/?hl=en</u></a></p><p>Pulse of Israel on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/IsraelVideoNetwork"><u>https://www.facebook.com/IsraelVideoNetwork</u></a></p><p>Visit Our Website - <a href="https://pulseofisrael.com/"><u>https://pulseofisrael.com/</u></a></p><p>Donate to Pulse of Israel: <a href="https://pulseofisrael.com/boost-this-video/"><u>https://pulseofisrael.com/boost-this-video/</u></a></p><p><br></p>