Medan lost both his legs in an explosion in the northern Gaza Strip, which killed four IDF reservists.
However, released hostage Eli Sharabi will be one of the ceremony's torchbearers • MK Gilad Kariv criticizes Regev's choice in choosing Ben Shapiro as a torchbearer.
This year's ceremony will mark Israel's 77th Independence Day with the theme "Bridges of Hope."
The Dee family members were murdered in a shooting attack in April 2023. The daughters, Maia and Rina, died at the scene, and the mother, Lucy, succumbed to her wounds days later.
Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni says the bruise was caused by the Pope bumping his chin on a bedside table.
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