Rachel’s eldest son Yair. Born on the 14th of Tishrei 5741 (14.9.1980) in Kiryat Ono, a brother of Sivan and Yonatan, a smiling child with glittering, shining eyes who grew up in a warm and supportive home, saturated with warmth and love, Tamir attended the Shilo State religious elementary school in Kiryat Ono In the Givat Shmuel preparatory course, he decided to move to the “Makif Dati Rogozin” high school in Or Yehuda, where he chose to study art and completed his studies with distinction. “Tamir was a true friend, a dear man who was always the first to volunteer, Ambition, “says the deputy principal of the high school,” a guy born to greatness, “his friends wrote in his classbook.Tamer had the soul of an artist and already in elementary school One of his works, which won the first place, was a Hanukkah candlestick decorated with Hasmonean figures, and during the Rogozin High School he participated in the “Michael Project” excellence program, in which students learn about various topics and content that enable them to utilize their personal learning abilities. Tamir was chosen to represent the school at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem, and in the 11th grade he designed a special and chilling poster that was presented at the school for the Jubilee Year of the State. Two medics, dressed in white robes, are seen wearing a stretcher on which the State of Israel is lying wounded, bleeding and burning. This work won him one of the first three places, and was published on the front page of a booklet produced by the Ministry of Education. Music was an inseparable part of Tamir’s life and personality and integrated into his creative soul. Every time he left the house, he would come back with a new CD, go into the room, put on the headphones and sink into his inner world. The music inspired him and he would start to “scribble” and make powerful paintings. Tamir was a gentle man, a lover of animals and nature and happy because he did not let anyone dictate his way of life. “Independence” and “freedom” were the central concepts in his teachings: “I have to do things my way … be perfect with yourself … live …” – were his characteristic sentences. “There is no law that says you have to cry alone, you will only find the power that will help you carry the burden.” These words, from a song by Paradise Lost, the band he loved, are on one of his walls. On another wall he drew a painting with symbols of peace, love and wisdom. These, say his friends and family, were the values that guided him in life. Tamir acted according to the principles he believed in: respect for others, way of life, giving and volunteering. He was characterized by doing the things he really loved and influencing others to do the same. His greatest ambition was to “be a good person.” Indeed, he was a responsible person who kept the straight path, knew how to separate between what was important and what was important, and did not allow the casual talk to be caught in his head. Before his enlistment, his cousin says, unlike his many friends who went on trips abroad, he preferred to invest his time in the factory so as not to be a burden on his parents and thus proved his seriousness. Tamir, who absorbed in his home the love of the homeland and the willingness to sacrifice, was truly “poisoned.” “If you do not enlist in combat, you should not enlist at all,” he preached to his friends after receiving the first order. Everyone who knew Tamir knew about his love for the army and for life; A young man who is racing with his ambitions and has a mental readiness and an inner drive to act, to invest efforts and achieve achievements. Tamir joined the IDF in July 1999 and joined the Engineering Corps, where he underwent training and advanced training, during which he was trained as a combat engineering engineer and assigned to the Lahav Battalion of the Southern Command.He went with his battalion to the line and served in the Ramallah area. He was proud of the silver cap and the warrior’s insignia and during his service he received many decorations. He gained the commanders’ appreciation, was associated with his colleagues in the unit, and these indicate that he was able to encourage, listen, support, advise and give himself more and more to ease the others. Tamir’s release was approaching, and he still had four months to serve. He cultivated many dreams and began to plan for the future. Upon his release, he planned to fly to Scandinavia and Japan and later to study at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design. With his friends he was called to the last operational position in his service, but he did not return from that mission. First Sergeant Tamir Atzmi was killed in an operation near Ramallah on February 19, 2002, when he and seven other soldiers closed the Ein Ariq checkpoint, and at night a terrorist squad managed to approach the outpost and fired at the soldiers at close range. He was killed on the spot at the age of twenty-one and was accompanied by the commander of the platoon, Major Moshe Eini, First Sergeant Michael Oksman, First Sergeant Mark Podolsky, First Sergeant Benny Kikis and First Sergeant Erez Turgeman, and another soldier who was injured in the incident. – The military cemetery in Kiryat Shaul, where hundreds accompanied him on his last journey, leaving his parents, sister and brother: “When you boarded a bus from Nabi Musa to the other line Your property were motivated. The Kiryat Ono Academic College in Kiryat Ono awards a scholarship to the fighters in honor of Tamir, who is conditional on participating in an annual volunteer project in the Unit for the Advancement of Youth. A presentation of Tamir’s work, including photographs of his works, memoirs and press clippings published after his fall, was presented to Tamir in his memory. He was enormously tall. Quiet and modest, disciplined and industrious. Fell on his watch – the guard of faith, the nation’s vigil, the guardianship of the land and the watch of the fathers. “
