Attali, David

Ben Ariela and Francis Eliyahu, a younger brother of Michael and Yigal. Born on the 11th of Shvat 5731 (6.2.1971) in France, and immigrated to Israel with his family to Jerusalem. David began his studies at Agron Elementary School, continued at Seligsberg High School in electronics and graduated from an external school. David was a tall, sturdy, smiling and pleasant guy who liked to play basketball and ride a motorcycle. At the beginning of August 1989, David was drafted into the IDF and despite his strong desire to join the paratroopers, he was placed in the border guard and completed basic training as an outstanding trainee. His commanders appreciated his ability to think and his ability to work in a team and saw him as a serious, proactive, responsible, dedicated, self-disciplined, smiling, pleasant to work with, loved and accepted by his surroundings and trusted to do his best. After his discharge from the IDF, he moved to Tel Aviv and worked as a contractor for renovations, and as of June 1993 he worked as a security guard in the peripheral security unit at the Israel Airports Authority, and he served in the Regional Defense Battalion of the Southern Command on March 24, David for reserve duty. While he was on his way to the unit, riding a motorcycle, David was killed by a bus that did not obey a red light at a traffic light. David was laid to rest in the Kiryat Shaul military cemetery. He was promoted to corporal after his death, and at the age of twenty-five, David was in his fall, leaving behind his parents and two brothers in a letter of consolation to the family: “David came to us three years ago to reserve duty in Jericho. We immediately saw the seriousness with which and the desire to do things properly. David was tall, one head above everyone, always with a smile on his face, ready for any task that needed to be done. In the last reserve service, about three months ago, David replaced, for a while, the company sergeant. I saw him in his dedicated work and his concern for the soldiers. I thought to myself, ‘Here I found a guy who could serve as a battalion sergeant,’ but David went so fast that I did not even share his ideas. “