
Meet Shachar and Boris. Before heading into Gaza to fight Hamas, they made a promise: when this war is over, they would climb Mount Kilimanjaro together. Then came the unthinkable. Shachar was gravely injured when a Hamas grenade exploded beside him. Days later, Boris was critically wounded in a terror tunnel explosion-an attack that took the lives of four of his brothers-in-arms. Most people would have given up. But not them. Now, despite their injuries and Boris’ disability, they stood on the peak of Mount Kilimanjaro, carrying a flag bearing the faces of the four soldiers who never made it home. Shachar: “We want to show everyone struggling-physically, mentally-to believe in themselves. Get up. Leave your home. See what you are capable of.” They climbed. For themselves. For their fallen brothers. For the unbreakable spirit of Am Yisrael.
February 10, 2025
