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HAIFA (New York Times) Aug. 14 — The 20-year-old son of David Grossman, one of the nation’s most prominent writers and peace advocates, was killed Saturday in fighting in Lebanon.
Staff Sergeant Uri Grossman, 20, was killed in a missile strike, days after his father made an international appeal for peace.
Uri Grossman, a tank commander, was killed in fighting on 12 August (BBC News)
Uri Grossman, a tank commander, was one of 24 Israeli defence force soldiers killed in fierce fighting against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon on Saturday.
The family said in a statement that Uri had planned to travel and study theatre in November once he had served his time in the military.
Last Thursday, Mr Grossman gave a joint news conference with fellow writers Amos Oz and A B Yehoshua, calling on the government to stop fighting. The group urged Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to seek a diplomatic solution.
David Grossman, 52, slight and soft-spoken, is often described as the anguished conscience of Israel. He is the author of best-selling novels including as “The Smile of the Lamb” and “See Under: LOVE” and the book-length political treatise “The Yellow Wind,” about Israel’s occupation of the West Bank.
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Throughout Israel’s first war in Lebanon, from 1982 to 2000, and during the first intifada in the late 1980’s, Mr. Grossman and his wife, Michal Grossman, were frequent participants in antiwar rallies and demonstrations. Often they were accompanied by their two young sons, Yonatan and Uri.
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"But I will not let myself be reduced to silence."
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