Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi Archives

Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi

An IDF soldier participates in the annual ceremony, ahead of Memorial Day, of laying Israeli flags on the graves of fallen soldiers at the Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, April 11, 2021. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

The sirens wailing on Memorial Day for Israel’s fallen soldiers and victims of terrorism remind us of those who paid the ultimate price, so that we can march forward safely.

Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi

April 13, 2021

Israelis stand in silence in Jerusalem as a two-minute siren is sounded across the country to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day, April 21, 2020. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Holocaust survivors represent the light that shone in the darkness

We, the commanders and the soldiers of the IDF, will do what we have been commanded to do: pass on to the next generation the description of what was perpetrated, and fulfill our obligation to preserve our independence and defend ourselves.

Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi

April 7, 2021

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