Q. I heard that in a kibbutz woman was killed by Hamas during the Oct 7, when she stayed behind to protect their dog. The rest of the family was already hiding in a safe room and survived.
In Halacha. is that woman to be treated as a hero and given proper burial with all the details or should she be considered as suicidal and buried in the special section of the cemetery kept for them?

A. Our Rabbonim Shlit’a maintain that if the story is true, although it was a wrong decision, it is not considered a suicide. It is similar to one speeding and loosing life involuntarily in a car accident.

Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu Shlit’a and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit’a.