Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attended a Torah scroll dedication ceremony Tuesday evening in memory of Maj. (res.) Dr. Moshe Yedidyah Leiter, a platoon commander in the elite Shaldag unit who was killed in action in the Gaza Strip.

Dr. Leiter was the son of Israel’s Ambassador to the United States, Yechiel Leiter.

During the ceremony, Netanyahu personally wrote a letter in the new Torah scroll and delivered emotional remarks to the Leiter family-members and attendees.