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Source: https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/a-tribute-to-an-israeli-hero/
A Tribute to Israeli Heroes
(Times of Israel) Sabine Sterk - Israel is a country full of heroes. There are people who rescued hostages from captivity, who gathered intelligence about Iran's nuclear program, and who helped locate hostages. There are soldiers who fought for their homeland, who were injured defending it, and who never returned home. There are the rescue teams who travel across the world when disaster strikes, digging through the ruins after earthquakes, helping communities after floods. There are ZAKA volunteers who recover and identify victims of terror attacks, accidents, and disasters; Israelis who helped bring Syrians wounded during the civil war across the border for treatment in Israeli hospitals; and Israelis involved in providing medical treatment to Gazans. There are the farmers who continue working while rockets are flying; teachers who try to give children normality during war; volunteers who cook meals, collect equipment, drive across the country and help soldiers and displaced families. Among Israel's greatest heroes are the parents who bring their sons and daughters to the IDF recruitment office, hug them, smile through their fear, and watch their child walk away to defend the homeland. A country containing this many people willing to defend it, rebuild it, heal it, rescue others, volunteer for it, argue about it and love it with every fiber of their being is not easily defeated. Israel will survive long after those who dream of its destruction have disappeared into history. The writer is CEO of the NGO "Time to Stand Up for Israel."