Hundreds mourn Eliav Gelman at late night funeral

Hundreds of people, thousands by some counts, are attending a funeral for Eliav Gelman’s at the Kfar Etzion cemetery, mourning the father of two whose wife is due to give birth in two months.

Cpt. (res.) Eliav Gelman (Hagar Amibar/Israel Air Force)
Cpt. (res.) Eliav Gelman (Hagar Amibar/Israel Air Force)

“Even as a military man the amount of time he would give his sons was extraordinary, and they were the envy of everyone around, Eliav and his boys,” neighbor Esti Uliel tells the Walla news site.

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