Yechiel Leiter, who has been tapped to be the new Israeli ambassador to the U.S. when President-elect Donald Trump takes office, lost his son, Moshe, in combat in Gaza in November 2023 — as Breitbart News reported from the funeral.
Dr. Yechiel Leiter offered a heartfelt plea to U.S. President Joe Biden at his son Moshe’s funeral in the Mount Herzl military cemetery on Sunday: don’t pressure Israel to stop the war against Hamas.
Maj. (res.) Moshe Yedidyah Leiter was one of four members of the Israel Defense Force (IDF) 551st Brigade’s 697th Battalion who were killed in Gaza by a booby-trapped tunnel on Friday. Thousands of mourners came to his funeral, which lasted several hours.
His father, a former chief of staff to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is well known throughout the Jewish world, especially in the U.S., where he was born.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said that it had asked current Ambassador Mike Herzog to stay on through the presidential transition, which lasts until January 20.