Rubi, father of Staff Sergeant Itai Chen who is being laid to rest at Kiryat Shaul Cemetery, eulogized his son: "I prayed for a different ending. You joined the army and once again you excelled and were a true warrior, joining the Peretz team and being accepted into 'King of Lions.' The kings and lions of this cursed day in our history were not innovative technology. The lions were you, who stood at the most forward, most dangerous frontline. You and the Peretz team, and other individual fighters." He then addressed one of the ministers at the funeral: "The government forgot what Judaism is. We'll either give them hell - or send them to hell."