""No one will extinguish the people of Israel": A wounded IDF soldier's message to the Arab woman who extinguished the Hanukkah menorah

Haredim 10
December 21, 2025   
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Hero of Israel Ofir Engelsman, a soldier who was injured during the war and lost his leg, arrived this evening (Sunday) at the Weizmann Mall next to the Ichilov Medical Center in Tel Aviv - and took a picture next to the menorah where an Arab woman extinguished the candles last Wednesday.

Engelsman arrived at the scene with his family and Rabbi Tal Gomberg, Chabad emissary to Ichilov, and sought to express solidarity and support following the event that sparked a public outcry.

After the visit, Engelsman published the photo and wrote: "We came to take a picture with the candles that were secretly extinguished by an anti-Semitic, cowardly Arab woman. No one will extinguish the people of Israel. And all our enemies must be erased. The people of Israel lives!""


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