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Abbes, Shaul (Buki)

Abbes, Shaul (Buki)


Shaul (Buki), son of Esther and Yehuda, was born on September 14, 1944 in Tiberias. Shaul was drafted into the IDF at the end of July 1962 and volunteered for the Nahal Brigade. After basic training, he took part in a paratroopers course, a course for infantry officers, a course for infantry officers, an air force course, and air support officers, a number who was admired by his subordinates, very diligent and a loyal friend. “He is an officer with a high ability, technical knowledge and initiative, with the ability to lead, independent, smart, balanced and thorough. It has a personal charm and is loved by everyone. “Shaul participated in the battles for the liberation of Jerusalem and Peretz at the head of his unit for Ammunition Hill, for which he was awarded the” Six-Day War. “For a while, he was among those serving in the permanent army. When the Yom Kippur War broke out, Shaul was drafted and sent to the Sinai front with his unit, first commanding a paratroopers unit that removed the siege from the northern post and later took part in the battle for the city of Suez on October 24, 1973, On the outskirts of the city, his unit was caught in an enemy fire trap, Shaul was wounded in the half-track in his shoulder and chest, but jumped from the half-track, dressed and continued to lead his unit. He was killed at the site and was initially considered a missing person, after which he has declared a burial place whose burial place was not known, and later he was buried in the Kiryat Shaul cemetery and left behind a mother, brother and sister.

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