Ori Mechtaiev<\/a>, spoke on his son as well.<\/p>\n\u201cOri was our youngest son. He was killed three weeks before his 19th birthday. His goal was to serve the country. The values that guided him were friendship and camaraderie,” he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I asked him if it was difficult, he used to answer: \u2018It is hard for me, but nothing breaks me,'” he added.<\/p>\n
Knesset torchbearers to participate in Independence Day celebrations<\/h3>\n Earlier in the day, Ohana hosted an event for the Knesset torchbearers who will take part in the closing state ceremony for Remembrance Day and the opening ceremony of the 78th Independence Day celebrations on Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n
Ohana presented the torchbearers who attended the ceremony with a Knesset Medal and told them, \u201cEach in their own field, each in their own way, you have infused wind into the nation\u2019s sails.”<\/p>\n
Transportation Minister Miri Regev, who holds the role of selecting who the torchbearers will be each year, spoke at the Knesset ceremony as well.<\/p>\n
She said that the ceremony is torch bearers reflect “A very complex mosaic that must include all parts of Israeli society and connect to the chosen theme.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery year anew, this puzzle comes together in a moving, respectful way that honors the State of Israel,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n
Among those chosen as the torch bearers who attended the Knesset ceremony were Ari Spitz, who was severely wounded serving in the Gaza Strip and lost both of his legs and an arm, along with Brig.-Gen. (res.) Gal Hirsch, who served as the government’s coordinator for hostages and missing persons in the two years following the October 7 attacks.<\/p>\n
The selection of Hirsch for the role of a torchbearer has led to much criticism from bereaved families, after he was criticized for not demanding the return of the hostages as a \u201csupreme goal\u201d during the war by the Hostages and Missing Families Forum.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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