President Reuven Rivlin lit the first candle of Chanukah this evening, with soldiers from the haredi formations of the Israel Defense Forces – the Tomer battalion of the Givati Brigade, the Hetz company of the Paratroops Brigade and the Netzah Yisrael battalion of the Kfir Brigade.
Rivlin told the troops, “I look at you and see modern-day Hasmoneans – soldiers, warriors, righteous men who learn Torah."