JAKARTA - An Israeli soldier was killed in Gaza weeks after auditioning for Eurovision Song Contest 2024.
Shaul Greenglick is one of three soldiers recently reported killed by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), through The Times Of Israel, amid the ongoing Israeli-Hamas war.
According to Billboard, Greenglick auditioned for Israel's The Next Star, a singing competition series in which Eurovision's contestants from the country were selected, while on leave last month.
He had a place in the next round but he was reportedly out of the contest to return to his military duties.
The killing of Greenglick only days after Yotam Haim, Israel's heavy metal band drummer Persephore, was killed by the IDF after being mistaken for Hamas fighters.
Since the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, the Israeli military has said 170 of its troops have died. Meanwhile, 21,800 people in Gaza, two-thirds of which are women and children, died in the conflict, according to the health ministry in Gaza (via Sky News).
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Eurovision itself actually received strong reactions and boycott calls after allowing Israel to compete in next year's competition. In addition, The Times Of Israel reports that the Association of Composers and Lirik Writers in Iceland calls on their country not to participate in next year's Eurovision competition unless Israel is barred from competing.
Despite protests, the European Broadcasting Union said in a statement that they currently have no plans to ban Israel from following Eurovision Song Contest.
Baruch Dayan HaEmetThis was 26 year old Cpt. (res.) Shaul Greenglick of the Nahal Brigade's 931st Battalion from Raanana who was killed in action in GazaHe was once a contestant on the Israeli singing show called "The Next Star"May his memory be for a blessing pic.twitter.com/GcycIWBCT4
— Documenting Israel (@DocumentIsrael) December 26, 2023
Much Dayan HaEmetThis was 26 years old Cpt. (res.) Shaul Greenglick of the Nahal Brigade's 931st Battalion from Raana who was killed in action in GazaHe was once a contest on the Israeli singing show called "The Next Star" May his memory be for a blessings pic.twitter.com/GcycIWBCT4
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