A building at the army’s Kirya headquarters complex in Tel Aviv, occupied multiple times by late president Shimon Peres during his stints at the Defense Ministry over many decades of public service, is officially renamed Shimon Peres House in his honor on Thursday.
Taking part in the an unveiling ceremony are Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman, Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Gadi Eisenkot, Defense Ministry Director General Udi Adam and members of the Peres family.
Peres, Israel’s ninth president, died September 29 last year at the age of 93 some two weeks after suffering a massive stroke.
The nonagenarian spent more than seven decades in public service, and is credited with helping to establish the Israeli army, Israeli Aerospace Industries, and developing the nuclear reactors in Dimona and in the Sorek research facility in the center of the country.
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