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Tuesday, April 18, 2017
From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, April 18, 2017
Thousands attend funeral of Binyamina mayor and wounded vet Pinhas Zoaretz
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThousands of people attend the funeral of Pinhas Zoaretz, an ex-IDF colonel and head of the Binyamina Regional Council, who died last week of a heart attack while on vacation with his family in Vietnam.
Zoaretz, 53, lost a leg in an explosion targeting his vehicle in the Gaza Strip in 2004. After returning to active duty, Zoaretz served as head of the IDF’s Southern Command from 2005 to 2010.
Attending the ceremony are ministers and top IDF officials, including Housing Minister Yoav Galant, former defense minister Moshe Ya’alon and former IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz.
הצנחנים מלווים את חברם אל״מ במיל׳ פינקי זוארץ בדרכו האחרונה pic.twitter.com/ImgTNdU5Or
— יוסי יהושוע – Yossi Yehoshua (@YehoshuaYosi) April 18, 2017
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