JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Haim owns a small falafel stand in northern Israel. Since the beginning of the war, Haim made a decision: No soldier in uniform would pay at his stand. For months, he fed thousands of fighters, giving out meals wholeheartedly, until his business fell into a huge deficit and was on the verge of closing.

What Haim didn’t know was that the soldiers don’t forget. A reserve unit that had come out of Gaza, and had eaten at his stand before entering, heard about his situation. On Friday morning, dozens of soldiers in uniform and civilians arrived at the stand. They didn’t come to ask for free food: They came to buy, and they brought their entire families with them.

Within two hours, everything at the stand was sold out. But the real shock came when Haim opened the tip jar and found an envelope with tens of thousands of shekels in cash, along with a small note: “You fed us when we were hungry before the battle;now it’s our turn to feed your business. With love, the company.”

Haim simply sat down on a plastic chair and burst into tears in front of everyone.

There is no other people like this anywhere in the world.