Maj. (res.) Itamar Sapir, 27, who was killed in combat with Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, is eulogized by his widow as he is buried.
Sapir was killed during an exchange of fire when a Hezbollah operative began firing from inside a church at Israeli forces operating in the village of Qouza.
He is survived by his wife, Roee, their one-year-old son, Maayan, his parents and his brothers.
“My beloved, I called you after they announced that you were dead, because I was sure it wasn’t true,” Roee says at his graveside, according to Channel 12. “How do we continue? Do we continue? With you, everything was possible.”
“Thank you for making me happy,” she says. “Thank you for Maayan. It suddenly scares me how much he resembles you. I hope he’s like you in character too. You were a loving father without limits.”
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