A friend of Staff Sgt. Naveh Havshush, who fell in southern Lebanon, launched a fundraising campaign to produce engraved bracelets for the family and close friends, according to a personal appeal on social media. The bracelets will bear the phrase 'Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.'
A childhood friend of Staff Sgt. Naveh Havshush is collecting donations to produce memorial bracelets engraved with a phrase the fallen soldier loved: "Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened." The campaign, shared on social media Tuesday morning, aims to distribute the bracelets to Havshush's family and close friends as a way to carry his memory daily. Havshush, a tank commander from the community of Adam, fell in combat in southern Lebanon in mid-June. His death drew widespread public mourning; his mother later revealed she is pregnant with a new child. The bracelet fundraiser is a private initiative with no official affiliation to the IDF or the Havshush family's public advocacy efforts.
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