Sanctification of God

There is room for discussion on this. In principle, for death to be for the sake of God, it requires an intention to do so for the sake of God and your initiative/readiness to die. Something that happens to you (like in a terrorist attack) is not death for the sake of God, of course. Although a fighting IDF soldier is a person who puts himself in danger, and in this sense there is a dimension of initiative here. On the other hand, initiative exists for all soldiers, even those who did not die. There is no reason to give his initiative any value beyond the initiative of others just because he died in the end. I guess it’s not called death for the sake of God, but the willingness to serve as a warrior is of course valuable, like any other warrior. I also don’t think he deserves any particularly huge thanks and gratitude, beyond any other soldier. He didn’t give himself up to die, it just happened to him. He deserves gratitude for his willingness to serve and take risks, and of course, also sympathy for the family’s grief.