"Yehonatan, pray that we succeed," she said during his funeral at Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem. https://www.jpost.com/israel-n... "Tell God, 'Enough already!' How many more orphans and widows are yet to exist here? It's impossible," Aviya Luber said Wednesday in her eulogy for her husband, St.-Sgt. (res.) Elisha Yehonatan Luber, 24, who was killed in battle in southern Gaza on Monday. "Yehonatan, pray that we succeed," she said during his funeral at Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem. "Your connection to God was so important; now you're close to Him. See what is happening here... "My Yehonatan, my life, my beloved. How much you loved this land; how often you spoke about it. You never saw anything outside of Israel with your own eyes. You weren't willing to return home until you had done everything, even arguing with your commander to be the first to volunteer for duty in Gaza. "When we got engaged, I begged you not to die before me, but you didn't even agree when I lost my temper with you. You told me, 'You're my heroine,' and I replied that I'm not. You called me last Saturday night and said nothing was hard for you there, but you missed home and [our son] Nachman. When you came back home, he wouldn't leave you. What a father you were; how proud and in love with him." Hagai Luber, Yehonatan's father, shared his son's final words to him: "Before Yehonatan left for Gaza, he called me. He told me, 'Dad, I'm ready to go, but please promise me you'll take care of my wife and son. They are my world. |