he last letter from the soldier who fell in Gaza: 'If I die - let it be for Israel'

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Posted on 11/14/2024 4:57:47 PM PST by Eleutheria5

Staff Sergeant Nave Yair Asulin, a Kfir Brigade soldier from Carmit.....

He wrote: "This is the greatest privilege and mitzvah a Jew could get. They say 'Whoever saves one life from Israel it is like he saved the entire world.' If I'm going to die - let it be for the land of Israel.

"I hope that I will need to burn these pages after the war and they won't be used, but if so, let them at least have a good use. If you read this, the worst probably happened, but know with full heart, I'm proud of what I did and do not regret it for a moment. I think that it's a great privilege to continue in the path of our ancestors in the land of Israel and to fight for this kand and to avenge the blood of our Jewish brothers who were slaughtered for being Jews," he wrote at the beginning of the letter.

He asked his family not to be filled with sadness after his death. "Continue to live! Even though I'm not among you, I'm still with you and still see you and I am with you everywhere. Even at events that everyone here will have, I will be there, I promise. Smile, laugh, love, and take advantage of every moment of your life since you live once. It's not a cliche, it's the truth. Don't sink in sorrow about what happened since I'm in a better place. I will continue to watch over you from above wherever there's danger and I can protect you better.

"I leave you, but not forever - only in this physical world, which is anyway nonsense..." ...

(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...

Modern day Joseph Trumpeldor. Somebody's son. Finish the war.

1 posted on 11/14/2024 4:57:47 PM PST by Eleutheria5

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