Opposition leader and Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid expressed sorrow over the passing of the poet and writer Yonatan Gefen.
"A short time ago, my older brother Yonatan Gefen passed away. He has a poem called The Little Prince from Company B: If you ever come here, you will know that here he fell deaf and the sound of the fall was never heard because of the soft sand. The sand is still soft, but the sound of the fall is heard clearly. Today we lost an important and beloved Israeli voice. May his memory be blessed."