Eliyahu, son of Hannah and Shlomo Amar, was born in Beit Shemesh in 1971. In early February 1990, he was drafted into the IDF. Eliyahu fell in the course of his duties on June 2, 1990. He was buried in the military section of Beit Shemesh cemetery. Survived by his parents, four sisters – Yaffa, Miriam, Jacqueline and Rachel and two brothers – Shimon and his Dudu.