[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 8 (Wednesday, January 15, 2025)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E36]
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                  HONORING STAFF SERGEANT YUVAL SHOHAM

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                          HON. RITCHIE TORRES

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, January 15, 2025

  Mr. TORRES of New York. Mr. Speaker, we remember Staff Sergeant Yuval 
Shoham who was tragically killed while defending his beloved Israel. 
Yuval, a brave member of the 9th Battalion of the 401st Brigade of the 
Israeli Defense Forces was only 22 years old.
  Yuval was the beloved son of Oshrat and Effie Shoham, former members 
of Riverdale's SAR Academy community, where Yuval was part of the 
third-grade class during the 2010-2011 school year.
  Yuval will be remembered not only as a soldier who made the ultimate 
sacrifice but also as the child who so eagerly learned and grew.
  He will be sorely missed, and may we honor his courage by continuing 
to stand in support of community and the values that he held dear.

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