Foreign Minister, who was the commander of the withdrawal from Lebanon, made clear in a Facebook post that "we were up to the task" • He called for a correction of the injustice:
Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi broke silence with regard to the withdrawal from Lebanon and published a post on Sunday in a Facebook group "Stories from Lebanon - What Happened in Stations" in which he addressed the demand of thousands to signal the fighting graduates. Ashkenazi was the commander of the Northern Command and the commander of the withdrawal from the security force on May 24, 2000, so he said it was particularly important. As Benny Gantz did in the past, Ashkenazi wrote from a brand new Facebook account with no photo or other identification.
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"It's been twenty years since that night. The night we finally closed the gate - with all the IDF soldiers on Israeli soil. A noisy night - and a quiet morning echoing. Suddenly you hear the silence. For the first time you can hear the birds chirping along the border, "he wrote to the thousands of fighters who had gathered in the last two months on a Facebook group that was able to reignite the discourse on the security
zone." On Lebanon's cursed land I left my best, my friends and commanders. For twenty years I was there, as a young commander, and as a more senior commander. As commander and commander Golani, as commander 769, commander of the JCL and commander of the Northern Command. This land is soaked in the blood of Goni and Erez, Hidu and Kuti, Amir, and many more precious ones. The list is long and painful. Too many did not return. Too many people came back with serious injuries to the body, and to the mind "
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"We left there in the posts, roads and wadis, and behind the bushes and boulders, our youth and liberty, our friends and our dreams. We are a" Lebanese generation "and a stranger will not understand us. A stranger will not know the language or the special smells. We have crossed the border countless times. Many times we returned in missing lines. But as we looked south, to the lights of Kiryat Shmona, of Misgav, of Kfar Yuval - we felt that all the people of Israel were behind us. We were up to the task. Protect the northern communities, "Ashkenazi emphasized.
"We did go out, but Lebanon is not behind us. The silence may be misleading. Even today, behind the bush and the wadi, there is a hidden hatred and a stubborn will to hurt us. Today, Israel is much stronger and more powerful.
Ashkenazi, one of Hezbollah's most recognizable security and combat officers, called for a signal for this period. The families of fallen soldiers, and the soldiers who fought, need recognition and appreciation. We too, as a country, need it too - over twenty years.
"" And to you my dear brothers and sisters in Lebanon, you who find it difficult, and perhaps do not want to forget, who remember the smells, the fear, the battle and the price - I just want to give you a strong hug, Ask that you keep telling and remembering, by keeping our memory of our fallen friends who are not. And we commanders will work to signal this campaign. Salute to you all. "
