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Eisenkot at Mt. Herzl ceremony
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IDF chief promises to carry on fallen soldiers' legacy

Gadi Eisenkot takes part in flag laying ceremony to commemorate fallen soldiers, pledging to keep their memory alive; 'We will hold our heads up high and vow to continue the mission for which our best sons and daughters fell: the promise of our existence as a free people in our own land.'

IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot spoke at the national flag laying ceremony at the military cemetery at Mt. Herzl in Jerusalem on Wednesday, telling attendees that "The greatness of the people of Israel is their ability to transcend the pain and sorrow, to remember the past and to work for the future."

 

 

"IDF soldiers and commanders will continue to act in light of the legacy that the fallen have left us, a legacy of love of land and a deep sense of purpose," he continued. "We will hold our heads up high and vow to continue the mission for which our best sons and daughters fell: the promise of our existence as a free people in its own land."

 

Gadi Eisenkot, Minister Bennett, Elisha Weisel and Miriam Naor speak at the March of the Livi

Gadi Eisenkot, Minister Bennett, Elisha Weisel and Miriam Naor speak at the March of the Livi

סגורסגור

שליחה לחבר

 הקלידו את הקוד המוצג
תמונה חדשה

שלח
הסרטון נשלח לחברך

סגורסגור

הטמעת הסרטון באתר שלך

 קוד להטמעה:

 

Eisenkot also noted that he had just returned from the March of the Living trip in Poland, "with Holocaust survivors, those wounded in the IDF, parents who lost their most precious possessions, and soldiers and commanders."

 

Describing what he had seen during the trip, he reflected on his visit. "Before us we saw the green landscape of Poland, We stood united and with our heads held high in the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp, as we said the Kaddish in memory of the six million Jews who were murdered and buried in the land of Europe, without a name, identity and a status that would perpetuate their identity.

 

IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot

IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot

סגורסגור

שליחה לחבר

 הקלידו את הקוד המוצג
תמונה חדשה

שלח
הסרטון נשלח לחברך

סגורסגור

הטמעת הסרטון באתר שלך

 קוד להטמעה:

 

"Today I stand here, on the land of Mount Herzl in Jerusalem, the legacy of our people's rebirth in our land, with the founders and defenders of the state buried around us, from the forefathers of the nation who established the pillars of the state, to our parents and grandfathers, and including our brothers in arms who sacrificed their lives as soldiers and commanders in the Haganah. For every person there is a name, each one has an identity."

 

He added that "the few days that separate standing on the earth of Auschwitz and standing on the soil of Jerusalem, that stand between the mass graves of the Jews of Europe and the cemeteries in Israel, represents the process that our people went through, from being at the mercy of others to an independent people defending their country."

 

Turning to the bereaved families, Eisenkot warned them of the pain they would suffer as they visited the graves of those they had lost while stressing that every effort would be made to ensure that missing IDF soldiers, and those who fell without a place of burial would be returned to Israel.

 

"In a few days you will feel pain as you visit the graves of your loved ones, light a memorial candle and remember those who once were, but will never be again. I know that words cannot fill the void left after their departure. Today, we also remember the missing IDF soldiers and fallen soldiers whose burial place is unknown. We will not rest until we return everyone to our borders."

 


פרסום ראשון: 04.26.17, 22:19
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