These words were addressed on Monday, May 13.5.24, XNUMX, by the mayor of Haifa, Yona Yahav, to the bereaved families at the memorial service for the victims of hostilities, which was held in the portion of the victims of hostilities in the Yehoshua cemetery.
Haifa Mayor Yona Yahav:
The city of Haifa experienced severe and unbearably painful attacks. Families, who just wanted to eat in a restaurant, students who wanted to return home from school...lost their lives as a result of merciless terrorism, which was directed against innocent and innocent citizens. Today, and every day, we remember them: their faces, their smiles, their dreams, their laughter and their love. We remember everything that was and also what could have been....
Yahav ended his words to the bereaved families by saying: "Together, we will face the feeling of suffocation that does not go away - together we will strengthen each other and bear the pain that does not go away...".
Yossi Tzur, the father of Assaf - Blondi - the late, who was murdered in the attack on Bus 37 on Moriah Street in Haifa on March 5, 2003, also spoke at the ceremony held at the site of the victims of hostilities. Yaakov Banjo, the father of the late Itai Banjo , who was murdered at the Nuva party on October 7, 2023, said "Kaddish".
The memorial service at the military cemetery
At the military cemetery in the Neve David neighborhood, at the same time, the memorial ceremony for the martyrs of Israel's systems was held with the participation of: the mayor's deputy and mayor, Avihu Han and MK Eliyahu (Eli) Dellal, who spoke on behalf of the Israeli government. The military cantor, Ariel Leifer, delivered the prayer "God is full of mercy". Rabbi Hagai Valevsky, offered a prayer for the "marty souls" and Amos Daskel, the father of the late Sergeant Ahya Daskel, who fell in battle in the "Iron Swords" war - recited "Kaddish".
