Several hundred people arrived at the Western Wall on Sunday to attend a lighting of the eighth Hanukkah
candle and say a prayer for the wellbeing of IDF soldiers and the residents of Israel's southern communities.
Israel launched a military operation in Gaza
Saturday in response to the ongoing rocket attacks from the Strip.
Praying at the Western Wall (Archive photo: AP)
Chief Sephardi Rabbi Shlomo Amar and Jerusalem District Police chief Maj.-Gen. Ilan Franco were also present at the event.
"On these days every Jew in Israel and across the world is obligated to say a prayer for the soldiers and residents who are facing such difficult times," Rabbi Amar told Ynet.
Worshippers at the Wall said they also prayed for a successful outcome to the military operation in Gaza. "May the soldiers have a Hanukkah miracle," one participant stated.
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