IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi delivered remarks at an assembly to commemorate the fiftieth year since the Yom Kippur War.
"We stand here today in honor of the soldiers who fought in the Yom Kippur War in 1973, and sanctify the fiftieth year in remembrance, introspection and learning.
"Memory has many faces: from a parent’s painful memory of their son who never returned, to the memory of signing a historic peace agreement with a bitter enemy."
"We do this in deep appreciation for their fearless stand on the front line, in memory of the two thousand six hundred and eighty nine (2,689) soldiers who fell in the war, sixteen of whom are buried in an unknown place. We do this in sympathy with the pain of the seven thousand two hundred and fifty one (7,251) wounded and the two hundred and ninety four (294) who were held captive. And we do this for the sake of the soldiers who fought then and all of their family members." READ MORE
