At the state memorial marking 20 years since the Second Lebanon War, Prime Minister Netanyahu quoted a fallen soldier, Shimon Stabon, saying 'in moments his uniform is soaked in the blood of his friends.' The prime minister spoke at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem.
At the state memorial ceremony marking 20 years since the Second Lebanon War, held at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem Wednesday evening, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu quoted the late Sgt. Shimon 'Mioni' Stabon, a fallen soldier from the war. Recounting a 2006 battle in which Stabon was killed, Netanyahu cited the soldier's words: 'in moments his uniform is soaked in the blood of his friends.' The quote, reconstructed from audio at the ceremony, was based on a single-source report.
Earlier Wednesday, The Zioneer reported at 11:54 Jerusalem that Netanyahu vowed to remain in the southern Lebanon buffer zone as long as needed and rejected an Iranian demand for withdrawal. He also described Hezbollah as a 'fanatical cult' and expressed hope for a peace agreement with Lebanon. Defense Minister Katz separately warned Israel would strike Iran a third time if necessary — a detail included in the thread's second update. The first version of the thread, also published at 11:54 Jerusalem, focused on the framework agreement signed over the weekend with Lebanon, with Netanyahu calling it 'a door has opened to a different reality' and 'an important step toward ending the conflict.'
As The Zioneer reported on Sunday (June 21), Netanyahu has previously mourned four soldiers killed in southern Lebanon combat, vowing to restore security to northern Israel. The fallen — Staff Sgt. Yoav Klein, Sgt. First Class Nir Ben Ari, Staff Sgt. Liav Kavbiah, and Staff Sgt. Naveh Havshush — were named in an official statement.
The quotation attributed to Stabon remains unverified from an independent source; The Zioneer's reconstruction from audio at the ceremony has not been confirmed by the Prime Minister's Office or Stabon's family.
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