 Among her most well-known songs are "Don't Say Goodbye, Say I Will See You," about a soldier parting from his girlfriend before battle, and "Road to Jerusalem," about soldiers transporting food to Jerusalem when the city was under siege in 1948.In 1998, Yarkoni was awarded the Israel Prize, for Hebrew song.On 1 January 2012, Yarkoni died at Reut Medical Center in Tel Aviv.