The deceased soldier previously participated in the musical program “Israel’s Rising Star”, tasked with choosing the Israeli candidate for the Eurovision Song Contest.
An Israeli reservist was killed in the Gaza Strip just weeks after he successfully auditioned for a television show that was casting the country’s representative for the presidential election. Eurovision Song Contest.
Shaul Greenglick 26 years old, acted in “Israel’s rising star” on December 3 while he was on mobilization leave in the war against Hamas. Dressed in a military uniform and lieutenant’s insignia, he sang a popular ballad and received the green light for the next round of the selection process.
One of the judges, Keren Peles, said Green on stage: “I’m glad to see you in uniform, because it’s reassuring that someone like you wears a uniform. I would like to see you represent Israel in Eurovision “.
But Peles, writing after the death of Green During Tuesday’s clashes in northern Gaza, he said he left the program because of his duties in the infantry reserves.
“I imagined this year differently, as a year of aspirations and realizing my dreams,” he said. Green in a Dec. 14 Facebook post, which mentioned his work as a travel health advisor.
“Now I am living an old dream, that of fighting for the country… A new and different dream will have to wait a bit.”
At least 166 soldiers were killed in Israel’s offensive in Gaza, launched after Hamas gunmen killed more than 1,200 people and kidnapped around 240 in the south on October 7. More than 21,000 Palestinians died in Gaza during the war.
The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 will take place in May in Malmö, Sweden.
Source: Latercera
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