Defense Minister Ehud Barak told participants Sunday at a memorial service for IDF soldiers who fell in the 1973 Yom Kippur War not to be lulled into a false sense of security by quiet periods between wars.

 

“If there is one national lesson that we learned in the Yom Kippur War, it is that we should not be deceived by misleading periods of calm,” warned Barak to mourners at Mt.Herzl military cemetery.

 

Barak emphasized that Israel must remain ready for war at all times, regardless of what is happening on the political front.