Alfasi, David (“Dudi”)

Son of Ezra and Mazal. Was born on August 8, 1956 in Motza Ilit, where he began studying at the regional school in Kiryat Anavim, then moved to Ashdod and studied for two years at the ORT school. The Navy’s Technical School, and finally completed his studies at Ort-Hanichim in Jerusalem, with the aim of car mechanics, and was a soccer player in a group in Motza-Elite. – Pre-military leadership and before enlistment even managed to work several months in a garage in Jerusalem. David was drafted into the IDF in early November 1974 and was assigned to the Ordnance Corps, where he served as a mechanic in a number of units and was eventually assigned to the Artillery Corps as a sergeant for armored personnel carriers, “And nobody believed, no one knew if it was a man or a machine, and after a few weeks the armored personnel carriers were standing in line.” David was successful In the professional examinations at the highest level and awarded him the rank of First Sergeant, his friend Yossi notes that David was “one and only, an excellent soldier, an outstanding soldier, A goat, a self-consciousness and initiative, which is right we have a lot APCs: All passengers all normal and everyone is ready for war. ” He was an excellent professional and a cheerful social man who always gave his voice in song and jokes were on his lips. On the 17th of Av 5737 (17.7.1977) David fell in the line of duty and was brought to eternal rest in the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem, leaving behind his parents, two sisters, and a brother in a letter of condolence to the bereaved family. Soldiers and soldiers, each one loved him very much, because my uncle was something unique. He did not distinguish between hours of work and hours of rest, neither day nor night, when my uncle was working and fixing, bothering and sweating, examining and sketching, and not in order to receive Peres, because it was my uncle’s nature … I lost a friend, a friend, a friend, a man, and above all a model soldier. ” His family commemorated his name by placing a memorial plaque in a synagogue in Motza-Bottom. His unit issued a memorial booklet called ‘Dudi’.