Abra, Malcolm (Malakah, Avi)

Ben Yanish and Berihon. He was born on January 1, 1973, in Ethiopia. He was the eldest of seven children born to his parents in their second marriage; He had three brothers and a sister, from his parents’ previous marriage. Together, a large family that immigrated to Israel in 1990 in Operation Solomon and was registered at an absorption center in Ashdod. His father was old and his mother sick, and they found it difficult to manage the household and support the family. As a son, he took care of the household and later helped the family. In February 1991, shortly after his arrival, Malko was sent to a boarding school for religious youth, Neve Amiel, where he found a therapeutic and educational framework. He was assigned to a small group of students and studied in an individual Hebrew and arithmetic manner. He was a quiet student, hardworking and disciplined, well integrated into the society in which he was educated and aspired to succeed. After about a year he returned to his parents’ apartment in the absorption center in Ashdod and was accepted as a student at the “Amal” school in a preparatory program for a group of men from the Ethiopian community. In this framework he studied for seven months, Hebrew, arithmetic, carpentry and frames. In November 1992, he was drafted into the IDF and was sent to serve as a cook at a military base in Eilat, where he was allowed to serve intermittently for two weeks in the IDF and two weeks to work as a construction worker in Ashdod. His salary supported his family’s finances. Malthamu was a good soldier, a charming, introverted, shy boy who helped many others. His friends in the army loved him, his modesty and his quietness, they affectionately called him “my father” and tried to make it easier for him during his army service. He was laid to rest in the military section of the Ashdod cemetery, leaving behind his parents and eleven brothers and sisters, and in a letter of condolences to his family, Chief of Staff Ehud Barak: “Malko was a cook in the Ordnance Corps’ testing unit. He was described by his commanders as a good soldier, smiling and disciplined, who carried out his task to the satisfaction of his commanders.” The commander of his unit wrote to his family in a letter of condolence: “From the day he arrived at the unit, he was a soldier and we were doing our best to make his absorption and service pleasant and pleasant. Connect to everyone. “