From the intelligence materials binder, Gantz pulled printed pages from Acha.

August 8, 2022   

Defense Minister Benny Gantz experienced a lot of traditional warmth at the home of his parents - the late Nachum Gantz and Malka Weiss. A service revolution in public transportation: Why is it now more profitable to travel? Today, Minister Hili Tropper shared on his Facebook account several inspiring moments that particularly impressed him from the last Tisha B'Av fast, alongside Gantz. And so he wrote: "Now that the guns have fallen silent, I share a small moment from the cabinet meeting on Saturday night, the eve of Tisha B'Av. The meeting was prolonged and naturally people went out from time to time to make themselves coffee or drink something. Legitimate, of course, for people who do not fast or people who usually fast, but now in the midst of battle, one must maintain one hundred percent concentration. A person in his faith will live. And I see that my son, his eyes already drooping from long hours without sleep, does not drink anything. And I know how much black and espresso he usually needs... I told him that in my opinion he does not need to fast, his responsibility requires him to be completely alert, after all, we are dealing with pikuach nefesh here. My son answered me that on an evening like this he does not drink in public. When he needs coffee or a glass of water to stay alert, he tries to do so in the room, not in a wide forum. "Today is a fast day, a significant day in our history, and even if I cannot fast this year, I will not drink in a wide forum." Later in the evening, at the end of the cabinet and before another confirmation Attack plans, he goes into some side room and there I see that from the intelligence materials binder, he takes out printed pages of the 'Lamentations' scroll, and invites me to read with him. He is after a sleepless night and before another sleepless night, the responsibility is enormous and the needs are endless, but in the language of my people, "Tonight there is war, but tonight is also the Tisha B'Av fast." In my eyes, the historical perspective and the connection to the roots have a deep connection to the belief in the righteousness of the path even in our day and thus also to the understanding of the need to fight at this time. I have attended several types of Megillah readings on Tisha B'Av in the past, but I have never seen anything like this.".