The soldiers were identified as First Sergeant Ruben Marc Mordechai Assouline, 19, from Ra'anana; First Sergeant Ido Testa, 19, from Jerusalem; and First Sergeant Tal Shavit, 21, from Kfar Giladi
Read his full message below, after shifting from Hebrew in his speech at the Yad Vashem ceremony commencing the special day.
The ceremony's honor guard consisted of six Holocaust survivors who lit torches. President Herzog tells nation that although Oct. 7 still shakes us, "we do not forget that we have what our brethren who perished could only dream of – a state and army of our own."
Bella Haim, 86, managed to escape before the captives could take her to Gaza. The trauma drove Haim to return to her native Poland, which she had fled with her family as a child during World War II, and where she will on Monday take part in the "March of the Living" at the site of the Auschwitz death camp.
Searching cemeteries and synagogues, from Hong Kong to Monaco – Dr. Alexander Avram, director of the Hall of Names at Yad Vashem, is in a race against time to locate more names. In an interview, he shares unforgettable moments, concerns about mistakes, and the attempt to incorporate artificial intelligence in the work of remembrance.
