Jewish Agency pays tribute to Egoz ship passengers on Remembrance Day
Some 44 Jews died aboard the Egoz, which tragically sunk in 1961 during a covert mission to rescue Moroccan Jews and bring them to Israel
Jewish Agency Chairman of the Executive Isaac Herzog and Gila Gutman Azulay, who lost the majority of her family on the Egoz, light a torch to commemorate the victims and the men and women who died defending Israel.(photo credit: JEWISH AGENCY)