On Wednesday, in a deeply personal tribute marking Israel’s Memorial Day, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu put on the tefillin of Maj. (res.) Yossi Hershkovitz, an IDF officer and beloved educator who was killed during the war in Gaza.
“On this Memorial Day, I am honored to put on the tefillin of the Hero of Israel, Maj. (res.) Yossi Hershkovitz,” Netanyahu wrote. “Yossi, a wonderful educator, was imbued with true love of Israel. The moment he was called up, he said goodbye to his devoted wife Hadas and to his children—Ari, Hillel, Tal, Shira, and Neta—in order to protect the home of all of us.”
Netanyahu recalled how even from the battlefield in Gaza, Hershkovitz sent uplifting messages to his family, his students, and the nation. “Yossi combined a noble spirit with an uncompromising determination to defend our people and our country. In one hand he held a weapon, and in the other he held his violin.”
“We will turn the grief over Yossi and all our fallen heroes into a melody,” the prime minister added, “the melody of the power of the generation of victory.”
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