“You are the Maccabees of our time”: The Southern Command Chief lit candles with the fighters in the Gaza Strip.
The Southern Command Chief, Major General Yaron Finkelman, lit today (Thursday) the first candle of Hanukkah with the reserve soldiers of the 551 Brigade, who are currently fighting in Jabalia.
From the words of the Southern Command Chief: “This is a long, important, and hard war, and this is the symbolic moment of lighting the Hanukkah candles. While we are here in Jabalia, our families are singing and lighting candles, relying on us and proud of you. You are the Maccabees of our time, you are the commanders leading the fighters, the Maccabees of our time, and we will continue forward until victory.”
Attached is footage from the joint candle lighting of the Southern Command Chief with the 551 fighters: https://bit.ly/46Q6lnd