Weeping Chemi Armoni to his son Avshalom: ‘Come home’

Chemi Armoni, father of Lt. Avshalom Armoni who was killed in a training accident yesterday, weeps at the “too little time” his son was given.

Armoni is being buried at the Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem. He was killed together with Sgt. Avinoam Cohen, also 22, when his mobile artillery vehicle overturned and tumbled into a ditch during a training exercise on the Golan Heights.

“You fell in defense of the country. I know how much you loved and cared for your soldiers. Enough. We understand. Now come home,” the father eulogized between sobs over his son’s grave.

“Heaven gave you too little time here, but in that short time you managed to do a lot, with unbelievable commitment. You were unique, a modest man who set for us all a high moral and ethical standard. I’m just proud to be your dad.”