The Chief of Staff sent a message to all IDF servicemen: "I look at you-air, sea, and land, in all sectors-and see a generation continuing that journey which began long ago with the Exodus from Egypt-a generation earning its freedom through supreme effort and sacrifice. The struggle for our security and our freedom is ongoing, and you are privileged to write a new and important chapter in it."
"On the eve of Passover, when we tell our sons and daughters the story of the Exodus from Egypt, we will also remember those who paid the price in body and soul in the latest campaign, embrace the bereaved families, and support the recovery of the wounded," he concluded