The honor was delivered to IDF Staff Sgt. Itay Glisko's parents in person by State Senator Sarri Singer at the Glisko family's home in northern Israel.
“The good ones go first. Itay will stay with us until our last breath,” Oren Glisko, the father of the late IDF Staff Sgt. Itay Glisko, told JNS on Tuesday.
Last week, the State of New Jersey honored Itay, 20, an American citizen serving in the IDF’s Golani Brigade who was killed by Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7.
Sarri Singer, the daughter of State Senator Robert Singer (R-30), delivered the official proclamation in person to the Glisko family’s home in Yokneam in northern Israel.
“This legislature hereby salutes the memory of Itay Ofek Glisko, pays tribute to his valiant service, and extends sincere sympathy and profound condolences to all who mourn his passing,” says the proclamation.
“Be it further resolved, that a duly authenticated copy of this resolution, signed by the Senate president and the assembly speaker and attested by the Senate secretary and the assembly clerk, be transmitted to the family of Staff Sergeant Itay Ofek Glisko,” it adds.