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Gantz: ‘This is my saddest Memorial Day’
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File: Then-defense minister Benny Gantz looks at the names of fallen soldiers in the hall of remembrance at Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, during a Memorial Day ceremony on May 4, 2022. (Elad Malka/Defense Ministry)
National Unity party leader and former IDF chief of staff Benny Gantz tweets that this is “my saddest Memorial Day.”
Gantz’s comments come as some ceremonies at military cemeteries across Israel were marred by booing and protests against a handful of government ministers.
Gantz, also a former defense minister, speaks today at a Memorial Day ceremony in Rishon Lezion.
“As someone who has had the privilege of fighting for the country and commanding the IDF, I have felt many times the pain of loss,” he says. “I consider myself a bereaved commander.”
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