Bravery is measured not only on the battlefield, but in the ability to endure despite the pain and be an anchor for others. Rotem's story is an example of that.
"Nothing in life prepares you to deal with a child who cries and screams: "I want to give dad a goodbye hug, I want to dig into dad's grave and take him out." My love give me strength. The world has gone mad. The cursed terrorists murdered my husband, but from the depths of my soul I say – they will not defeat me, my children and my family.'
The widow of the late Sergeant Major Yakir Blochman.
*Major Yakir Blochman *
A detective at the Segev Shalom police station, who fell in battle and acted with strength and ferocity at the forefront of the fighting against the enemy in Kibbutz Reim.