Culture Minister Miki Zohar expressed deep sorrow over the death of the poet and writer Yonatan Gefen.
"I was sorry to hear about the passing of the poet and writer Yonatan Gefen, who, among other things, wrote our childhood in the form of a native landscape with much emotion and power. The recently deceased Yonatan wrote stories and songs that will stay with us forever, and that will be played for many years to come, as an echo of Israeliness. May his memory be blessed."