Israeli President Isaac Herzog shared with the media a story of unity Friday and called for continued solidarity with the soldiers on the part of the Israeli people. The president told of how he had been moved when he made a shiva visit Thursday the Leiter family, who were in mourning for their son, Major Moshe Leiter, who fell in battle in Gaza.
The president recalled how the fallen soldier's father told him that the family had been visited by the families of two of Moshe's comrades who had lost a leg in the fighting. "Soldiers from completely different political extremes, families from different political extremes, and yet - brothers in everything. Then, Yehiel, in his picturesque and loving language, described how in order to keep marching, our wounded soldiers and heroes, each with one leg, must be together, hugged. Brothers to the people, brothers to the country."
"Solidarity must continue. For the sake of our fighters and for the future of the country. This is the support that our soldiers and soldiers on the front need now, and they say it over and over unequivocally - the Israeli spirit united when the home front strengthens them and supports them."