Armoni’s mother Tamar: ‘You brought me flowers, now I bring you flowers’

Tamar Armoni, mother of Lt. Avshalom Armoni, says her son “loved life. You invested yourself in your friends and they loved you. You honored your parents. You were funny and witty. The world lost a man who made so many people burst out laughing.”

Armoni, 22, was one of two soldiers killed in a training accident on the Golan Heights on Wednesday. His funeral is taking place at Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem.

Every Friday, when he came home from the Golan front, “you brought me flowers,” the mother remembers. “Now we’re bringing you flowers on Mount Herzl.

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