Former IDF chief Gadi Eisenkot, alongside politicians Shaul Meridor and Matan Kahana, participated in a public reading of the Book of Lamentations at the Lower Aqueduct Park in Jerusalem on Tisha B'Av evening, according to Israel Hayom reporter Ariel Kahana.
The gathering took place Wednesday evening at the Lower Aqueduct Park, a public space in Jerusalem. Tisha B'Av, the ninth of the Hebrew month of Av, is a day of mourning commemorating the destruction of the two Temples and other tragedies in Jewish history, traditionally marked by fasting and recitation of the Book of Lamentations. The presence of senior public figures, including former IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot, now a member of the National Unity party, alongside former ministers Shaul Meridor and Matan Kahana, drew attention from observers. The head of the Or Torah Stone institutions, Rabbi Ketriel Brander, was also in attendance. No further details on the event's organization or remarks were provided.
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