Widow of Slain IDF Soldier Says Government Rejected Request to Engrave ‘Fell in Battle’ on Tombstone
by News Editor
Yael Weissman, widow of Sergeant First Class Tuvia Yanai Weissman, killed in a stabbing attack that took place inside a Rami Levy supermarket in Sha’ar Binyamin in the West Bank, published a post on Facebook accusing government authorities of declining her request to engrave the words “fell in battle during a terror attack” on her husband’s gravestone.
“My beloved Yanai – who would have believed that just a little more than two weeks after the day you fell in heroic battle, during those seconds in which you stormed those terrorists with your hands empty, I would have to contend with systemic inflexibility at its finest. Instead of dealing with how and in what way to commemorate you, I have to deal with making sure the circumstances of your death are accurately stated. I don’t have any complaints regarding our great people and the military, which is embracing us, who made sure to appreciate and honor your brave actions.”
Read full story at Ynet.