Damn I hate war and those who start them. The young always pay the steepest price.
RIP Yona. Like so many before you, you sacrificed it all for the freedom and safety of your citizens.
The dual Israeli-American citizen has come to symbolize the sacrifice by hundreds of fallen soldiers in what many in Israel see as a war for the country’s survival.
www.thestar.com
MODIIN, Israel (AP) — For more than 400 days after being critically wounded during Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack on southern Israel, Yona Brief tried to recover. But after losing both legs and enduring medically induced comas, the combat medic died in late November.
The dual Israeli-American citizen has come to symbolize the sacrifice by hundreds of fallen soldiers in what many in Israel see as
a war for the country’s survival.
“He became a symbol of ‘Don’t quit,’” said his mother, Hazel. His father, David, compared him to the oil that lit the candelabra in the Hannukah story, miraculously burning longer than expected, according to Jewish tradition.
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His father said Brief’s unit was ordered to clear the Kibbutz
Kfar Aza, where Hamas fighters ambushed them, killing two soldiers.
When Brief rushed to help one of them, he was shot 13 times.
Suddenly, his training as a medic was used to save himself.
