Baruch Dayan HaEmet! This is very sad!

The old man in the 1st pic was Moshe Etzion, 88 years old. Today he ended his life over the grave of his son Zavik (2nd picture), who was killed in Operation Protective Edge in 2014 when a mortar hit him.

His son was First Sergeant Major Zavik Etzion who was the security coordinator of Kibbutz Nirim. He fell on August 26, 2014. He was 55 years old when he fell.

Moshe was a holocaust survivor and his son Zavik meant the world to him. The 3rd pic shows Moshe standing over his son's grave in the military cemetary on Remembrance Day this year.

Last year, Moshe's family published a book telling his story from his childhood in Krakow to his journey to Israel through Tehran and his settling in Kibbutz Nirim. The book was titled “Always on the Journey.”

"Today the journey ended," said the people of Nirim.

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This is the oldest soldier in the IDF. His name is Master Sergeant Yitzhak Twitto of the 1st Battalion and he is 80 years old. He is of Mizrachi descent. In the IDF he is known as the mythological Master Sergeant.

Recently he resigned from his position as a disciplinary officer in which he served in that position for 53 years of his 62 years of military service.

In the video you can see him and his driver both performing the ceremony which all IDF soldiers usually do when they are discharged or resign, they cut their IDF cards.

"It's hard for me to explain how I feel about ending such a long period because I don't remember what it feels like not to be in the IDF," said Yitzchak

"But okay, what's important is to be healthy", he said.

Yitzchak you are a living legend and the stories you must have must be incredible. I pray all you have experienced has been shared with the people around you so that you will forever remain in their memories.

Thank you for your priceless service to the Jewish state!

Tonight in Eviatar - IDF jeep being hammered with rocks thrown by Arab terrorists

Last night this female terorrist arrived to the Yitzhar junction checkpoint and tried to stab IDF soldiers but she was shot...

Last night we started the period known as Slichot which leads us up to Yom Kippur...this was at the Kotel (Western Wall) last night in Jerusalem after midnight....