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Wounded Warrior Ari Spitz to Light Independence Day Torch

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Ari Spitz, who lost an arm and two legs in Gaza and went through a tough road to recovery, has been selected to light a torch at the  Independence Day ceremony.

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Ari Spitz, Gili Raanan, Col. Matan B., Major Nurit R., Ora Hatan, Moshe Edri, Tamer Atallah, Professor Dina Ben Yehuda, Roni Einschaz Pershad, Rabbi Avraham Zerbib and Hannah Laslaw were chosen to lead a Mass on the 78th Independence Day

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Miri Regev, the minister in charge of the events of the 78th year of the State of Israel, announced today (Thursday) to IDF soldier Ari Spitz that she had chosen him from among the recommendations of the public advisory committee to light a torch on Mount Herzl on Independence Day. Ari had been sedated and on a ventilator for a month and a half, since he was injured in a bomb explosion in the Zeytun neighborhood in the northern Gaza Strip. Immed…

Minister Brigadier General (Mil.) Miri Regev, who is in charge of the events of the 78th anniversary of the State of Israel, today (Thursday) informed IDF fighter Ari Spitz that she had chosen him to host a beacon on Mount Herzl on the upcoming Independence Day. Spitz was chosen from among the recommendations of the Public Advisory Committee, as one who symbolizes the heroism of warriors and the remarkable capacity for rehabilitation. Ari's stor…

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