Shmuel Arava, Shmuel Gabrielides, Meir Mizrahi and Yosef Penso. Those names may not sound familiar. After all, they went missing long before October 7—75 years, to be precise.

Yesterday was one of Israel’s lesser-known national days: the Memorial Day for soldiers whose burial place is unknown. 

After years of discussion about the long quest to bring home the hostages, it’s time to give attention to the painstaking work to recover those soldiers who are lost but not held.