24/1/09 אלינור ודן סלימן מנחל עוז
Dear Family and
Friends,
Please read and you
may get a little of how Eleanor and I felt when Alon
was in
It is still worse
when you live close to where the fighting is going on and every explosion or
gunfire you hear, you shake , not knowing if your
son is hurt or worse.
The one week was one
of the hardest Eleanor & I have ever gone through and this even
includes the 13 straight years we went through when at least one of our sons
were in the army,in Lebanon and Gaza.
I am proud of my son Alon and all he other brave IDF soldiers that have served
in our IDF
Keep the faith,
Don Saliman
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1232643727578&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Hello," I
muttered into the phone at
7:15 last Sunday morning, after looking at - and not recognizing - the phone number on the caller ID.
IDF soldiers pull out of the
Photo: IDF
"Hallo," a raspy voice
answered back, waiting for recognition. When none came, the voice continued:
"Abba, it's Yona."
And with those three words a 15-day
trauma that began with the IDF's ground operation in
the
"Honey," I giddily
screamed to my wife. "It's Yona." The lad
was out of