The dead of Gush Etzion in the Tashpad War are buried next to the dead of the 1978 War. The tiny military plot, which was founded only seven years ago and had a total of three graves, gradually filled up with no less than 11 fresh graves.

The harsh and beautiful mountains grow people of earth and spirit, people of Torah and kindness, all of whom are first and foremost human beings. In the Land of Israel, the Jewish people arose, declared a Jewish state and buried our people 1,500 times.