In a speech at a bereaved families' emergency conference in Jerusalem, Eliyahu Rekanti, father of Maoz Israel who fell last month in southern Lebanon, called on Israeli leadership to continue the campaign with strength and not bow to external pressure or internal weakness.
Eliyahu Rekanti, whose son Maoz Israel fell in combat in southern Lebanon last month, delivered a public statement at an emergency gathering of bereaved families at the 'Heroism Encampment' in Jerusalem on Tuesday morning. Describing his knowledge as coming 'not from politics' but from familiarity with the nation's inner strength, Rekanti urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, cabinet ministers, and senior IDF command to 'continue forward to the end — not retreat, not be confused by winds of weakness.' He explicitly referenced pressures from 'friends overseas' and argued that Israel's enemies understand 'actions, not words and scholarly definitions.' Rekanti's address adds a personal, high-emotion voice to the public discourse on the ongoing campaign in southern Lebanon, a topic The Zioneer has covered extensively through tributes and statements from other bereaved families (June 5-22). The conference itself underscores the sustained toll on reserve families as the conflict continues.
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