Father of fallen combat engineer urges Israel to finish the war decisively

The father of Ariel Sosnov, a fallen combat engineer, is calling on Israeli decision-makers not to halt the fighting before its goals are achieved. He argues that after such a heavy price, Israel must secure a real victory and provide lasting safety for residents of the north, warning against stopping in the middle or accepting partial solutions.

Sosnov says that renewed talk in recent days about a ceasefire and political arrangements raises one basic question, whether the sacrifice of soldiers was meant to return Israel to the same reality it left behind. He writes that many families have lost their most precious loved ones so that the threat from the north will not again hang over Israeli homes, and says the army must not give Hezbollah a chance to recover and rebuild.

Ariel Sosnov, killed in southern Lebanon in fighting near Maroun al-Ras, served in Battalion 605 of the Combat Engineering Corps. Before his death, he had already taken part in several combat entries in Gaza and Lebanon. His father says Ariel and his comrades did not go to war for a temporary calm, but to restore security to Israel and northern communities and prevent another October 7 on any border or front.

The article also quotes a message Ariel left behind, in which he urged others to do good, care for their surroundings, love the country, pick up trash, avoid bad influences, help people, and protect their health. His father presents those words as a quiet moral will, saying true victory means not only defeating the enemy, but also continuing to build and improve life afterward. The piece concludes that only by completing the mission can Israel say the fallen were not sacrificed in vain.