Professor Dina Ben Yehuda, who heads the Hematology Department at Hadassah Hospital, lit a torch. "In honor of the doctors and all the medical staff, an exceptional community that has courageously faced difficult years. From the battle against COVID-19 to the long and painful war of today – in which they save lives and continue to care for the wounded in body and soul," she said. "In honor of compassion and humanity, which are the most important medicine of all, and we as a society and as a country need them more than ever. And to the glory of the State of Israel."