Hundreds of people are attending the funeral of IDF soldier Amit Ben-Ygal, who was killed overnight during a raid in the West Bank.
The funeral is being held at the cemetery in the central city of Beer Yaakov.
“My son is a hero,” Ben-Ygal’s mother cries out over his grave, according to Channel 12 news. “I’ll be strong, guard us from above.”
Ben-Ygal’s father also eulogizes his only child.
“Amit isn’t an only child. He has millions of other siblings who are sad, who admire [him] and who know our lives in the Land of Israel depend on the courage of Amit and his friends,” Baruch Ben-Ygal says.
Defense Minister Naftali Bennett speaks at the funeral as the representative for the government.
“Golani soldiers, you’ll go back to fighting and find the terrorist and wicked [person] who did this and together we’ll defeat our enemies,” he says.
Ben-Ygal, a member of the Golani Brigade’s reconnaissance unit, was struck in the head by a rock during an operation in the Palestinian village of Yabed.
Family and friends attend the funeral of IDF soldier Amit Ben-Ygal at the cemetery in the central city of Beer Yaakov, May 12, 2020. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
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