The parents of an Israeli soldier killed in the Second Lebanon War lay a wreath in memory of him at a formal ceremony marking two years since the war at the Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, Defense Minister Ehud Barak told bereaved families that, “we owe you an ongoing explanation. Many difficult lessons were learned from our failures and we must face them and learn from them.” Photo by Kobi Gideon / FLASH90.

Family member of an Israeli soldier killed in the Second Lebanon War lays a wreath in memory of him at a formal ceremony marking two years since the war at the Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, Defense Minister Ehud Barak told bereaved families that, “we owe you an ongoing explanation. Many difficult lessons were learned from our failures and we must face them and learn from them.” Photo by Kobi Gideon / FLASH90.

Friends and family of the soldiers killed in the Second Lebanon War attend a formal ceremony marking two years since the war at the Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, Defense Minister Ehud Barak told bereaved families that, “we owe you an ongoing explanation. Many difficult lessons were learned from our failures and we must face them and learn from them.” Photo by Kobi Gideon / FLASH90.

Friends and family of the soldiers killed in the Second Lebanon War attend a formal ceremony marking two years since the war at the Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, Defense Minister Ehud Barak told bereaved families that, “we owe you an ongoing explanation. Many difficult lessons were learned from our failures and we must face them and learn from them.” Photo by Kobi Gideon / FLASH90.