Fallen soldier Moshe Noll (21) is laid to rest | WATCH
From the quiet streets of Beit Shemesh to the solemn grounds of Mount Herzl, hundreds walked beside the Noll family, carrying flags, heartbreak, and the weight of one soldier’s sacrifice. Blessed be Hashem, the True Judge.
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The ultra-Orthodox community of Ramat Beit Shemesh Alef gathered to honor Staff Sgt. Shmuel Moshe Noll, a 21-year-old Chabad soldier killed in a Hamas ambush in Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza, on July 7.
Led by his father, David Noll, hundreds joined a traditional flag march, a poignant ritual accompanying the family to the funeral of their fallen son. The procession, captured in live footage shared across social media, wound through the streets of Beit Shemesh before culminating at Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem, where Noll will be laid to rest.
Noll, a member of the ultra-Orthodox Netzah Yehuda Battalion in the Kfir Brigade, was one of five soldiers killed when Hamas operatives detonated three roadside bombs in succession during a ground operation in Beit Hanoun, just 1.5 kilometers from Israel’s border. The attack, which occurred around 10:00 p.m. on Monday, also wounded 14 soldiers, two seriously, as gunfire targeted evacuation efforts. The fallen included Staff Sgt. Meir Shimon Amar, 20; Sgt. Moshe Nissim Frech, 20; Staff Sgt. Noam Aharon Musgadian, 20; and Sgt. First Class (res.) Benyamin Asulin, 28. Noll’s funeral followed those of his comrades, held the previous day in Jerusalem and Haifa.
Moshe Shmuel Noll, was known to his community as a “sweet bochur” and a dedicated Lubavitcher.
Beit Shemesh Mayor Shmuel Greenberg, a Haredi IDF veteran, called him “a role model of dedication and heroism, a true warrior who fell while on his mission for the people of Israel.”
Rabbi Aharon Schmidt, a family friend, shared that Noll’s South African-born father and American-born mother, David and Miriam, were proud of their son’s service in Gaza. “Moshe was so excited to serve in the army,” Schmidt said. “His father would proudly tell people that his son was fighting in Gaza, it meant a lot to him.”
The Netzah Yehuda foundation, which supports Haredi soldiers, mourned Noll and his comrades as “brave warriors who risked their lives and sanctified G-d’s name for the sake of the people of Israel.”
May his memory be a blessing.