Ben Luna and Kalman. He was born on May 11, 1954, in Warsaw, Poland When David was two years old, the family immigrated to Israel and established their home in Yad Eliyahu in Tel Aviv. He was the leader of the neighborhood, facing you from the top of the trees, in negotiations with all the dogs and cats. “He studied at the Giborei Israel Elementary School and the Ironi T. High School and acquired an academic education at Tel Aviv University and Be’er Sheva University. He has represented the school in many competitions and has always brought the desired medals. “In the Munich Olympic Games in 1972, David represented Israel’s youth athletes, and in mid-October 1972 David was drafted into compulsory military service in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) And was assigned to the Artillery Corps. He advanced in the course of the corps, was chosen to take an officers’ course and advanced from the command line to the rank of lieutenant colonel and battalion commander. He fought in the Yom Kippur War and was a battery commander near the Suez Canal. During the War of the Galilee, David was the deputy battalion commander of an artillery battalion and commanded the landing of the unit from the sea to Beirut, and his great pride was that none of his soldiers were injured in this war. , Near Kibbutz Maoz Hayyim, David was appointed battalion commander and later, at his request, returned to his unit as battalion commander. David loved his role in the army and saw it as a mission and mission. He attached great importance to the team’s work and to his acquaintances: “The staff work of the Artillery Battalion aroused the pride of an orchestra conductor about performing a musical piece.” For his livelihood, David worked at a computer company and continued to play sports during his spare time. It has a rapid absorption and the ability to immediately implement any technological innovation. He always found creative solutions. Prominent among him was initiative, activity and vitality, and in every activity he stood out for his ability to lead and lead. His co-worker, told of David’s love for new challenges. Indeed, he soon became a central figure in the operational team, a key figure in the entire society, and showed responsibility and dedication in all the tasks assigned to him. On the social level, too, he was a true friend, and he warmly and cordially treated all those working with him. David married his girlfriend Orna, and they expanded their home when their daughter Michal and son Yonatan were born. In May 1989, David went to active reserve duty. In the pursuit of terrorists in the Hebron area, his unit encountered a squad of three terrorists. David managed to command the team and liquidate the squad, but was critically wounded in the head. Michal, the eldest daughter, was four years old and his son Jonathan was a year old. For four years, David struggled for his life, with the family always at his side. On 9.9.1993 David died of his injury. He was laid to rest in the military cemetery in Rishon Letzion. He was thirty-nine when he died. Survived by Raya, daughter and son, parents and sister – Ilana. On the anniversary of David’s death, Chief of Staff Ehud Barak wrote to the family: “Your father, David, was an outstanding officer throughout his life. A battalion commander who brings our fire to the front and depth of the enemy’s targets. A natural leader whose soldiers and officers always followed him with love and confidence. “His parents commemorated him by awarding a scholarship to an athlete who would be chosen from among the pupils in the high school where David studied and was educated, and in his youth he was an outstanding athlete, educating for fairness and integrity. The opponent who stood in front of them, guiding David as a man and as a sportsman.His sister, Dr. Ilana Alkad-Lehman, dedicated her doctoral dissertation: “Poetic transformations in the poetry of Israel Efrat.” A soldier who served in David’s battalion, Prof. Avraham Feintuch, from the University of Be’er Sheva, dedicated his memory to David in 1998 (nine years after his injury) ), A book published in New York: Robust Control Theory in Hilbert Space This dedication, by a man who was unknown to the family, undoubtedly attests to David’s character.
