Eden fell in battle on 10/7. Her friend continued her journey as the commander of her soldiers. This is a story of the women IDF fighters.
In a battle on the Zikim base, Sergeant Eden Alon Levi, fell, while protecting her recruits with her body. Without thinking twice, her closest friend from the beginning of her service, Sergeant L., stepped into her big shoes and assumed command of the class that was left without a company commander.
She trained them and continued by their side even when they joined the battalion - while digesting the bereavement that bound them together all the way
"Every step I've taken as a commander and fighter since October 7 - I've thought about Eden," was how Sergeant L. began our conversation about her good friend, the late Sergeant Eden Alon Levi. "We were inseparable from the first day in the IDF. We went through every stage together, from the basic training to the "Commanders" course.