People of the IDF 04:40 AM
Fallen IDF hero Omer Van Gelder’s final words move a nation
Fallen Israeli hero, Staff Sergeant Omer Van Gelder, was a squad commander in the Rotem Reconnaissance Unit, Battalion 9 of the Givati Brigade. He was killed in Gaza five months ago.
Before his death, he managed to write a will — one that says it all:
“If we constantly think about the situation we’re in and the losses we’ve suffered — if we truly understand and absorb the number of precious souls who gave their bodies and minds for us — we will be torn by emotion.
On one hand, the grief is immense, vast, unbearable. But on the other, there is a tremendous sense of mission — because the price paid for our lives was so heavy, our lives must be worth more.
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