Avitan, Adi

Ben Zippora and Jacob. Born in Tiberias on the 27th of Tevet 5772 (27.12.1979), a third among four sons, brother to Avi, Eyal and Assaf, Adi was born beautiful and very charming, so Adi was born in a warm, happy, supportive and loving family. Happy and self-confident, his childhood was wrapped in warmth and love and full of experiences and trips in the family circle Adi’s dynamic character was already evident in his kindergarten: agile and thoughtful and with natural leadership ability, when his mother was angry at mischief, he knew how to smile, hug and kiss, Orna, Adi’s kindergarten teacher, says that he was “mischievous,” in the right dosage, curious with daring, and remembers how she helped Bo, a 3-year-old boy, to release mice caught trapped in the garden. “Cruelty to animals. “Adi is a student at the Re’ut elementary school in Tiberias and at the end of his elementary studies, his friends wrote about him in his yearbook:” A friendly and playful child who in matters of fire is simply a star, wants to discover new things and sometimes causes explosive explosions, That he is a cute and beautiful child and will forever be remembered in our hearts. Adi, he always was and will be that cute child who likes to try everything: loves girls, loves to live and takes life easily. A good friend to all, who always likes to help. “Adi graduated from the Makif Amal high school in the Galilee, where Adi was the star of high school, he stood out in his dynamism and his activism, followed by friends to pranks and mischief, Adi was a good boy when he volunteered for the Civil Guard and contributed to the community in carrying out patrols and roadblocks, and Adi was a friendly, open and warm young man who made contact with boys and girls and formed a cohesive group around him. Watching films and plays and getting paid … “, he used to say, which expanded the circle of friends and companies, who continue to maintain contact with As a child, Adi, who was curious and active, continued to play fire and match matches and explosions, and naturally chose to serve in the engineering corps in the wake of his older brother, Avi, who was deeply influenced by the stories of the explosions, mines, And insisted on serving in the combat engineering corps. Adi was one of the most prominent members of the group and was followed by several of his comrades in combat engineering. Adi loved the company and the military service. Always surrounded by friends, knew how to combine in his service entertainment, trips and pleasures and at the same time turned out to be a serious and responsible soldier. Sometimes, on Shabbat and during the Sabbath holidays, Adi met the soldiers of the battalion in Tiberias and invited them to sleep or a hot meal at home. On September 30, 2000, on the eve of Rosh Hashanah 5761, Adi arrived for a holiday in his home, and this was his last visit, and no one knew that he would never see him again On Saturday, October 7, 2000, Adi Avitan, Staff Sergeant Benny Avraham and Staff Sergeant Omar Suad, on a mission in the Har Dov area of ​​the northern border, at 12:30 pm, the team received a call from the war room to reach point 590 in the Shab’a Farms area. Northern border. A few minutes later the reconnaissance team arrived at the scene. At 12:40 the team’s vehicle boarded a powerful cargo. Only three and a half years later it became known that Adi, Benny and Omar had fallen and were kidnapped when they were no longer alive. At 12:45 the boys were no longer in Israel. The IDF understood too late that an abduction took place, and only 15 minutes later did they notice the injured vehicle and 10 minutes later the battalion commander arrived at the burning jeep and declared a kidnapping. It took another 20 minutes for air and ground searches to begin. It turned out that the three were already thereA deep sea in Lebanese territory. A large squad of Hizbullah members, about 20, ambushed a patrol of two vehicles that appeared to be UN vehicles, and later found uniforms, caps and UN emblems as evidence that Hezbollah men disguised themselves as UN soldiers For a long time, That they had information about the abduction. Nine months later, following pressure from around the world, UN representatives admitted that they had several items taken from the vehicles and a tape documenting the evacuation of vehicles from the UN to Hezbollah. A UN committee was set up immediately to discover that another tape from the day of the abduction was in the hands of the UN. The families tried unsuccessfully to watch the unrecorded tapes, and only after a public struggle and repeated requests by the State of Israel did they watch the tapes. Needless to say, they were denied the opportunity to touch the tapes or the vet. Many attempts by the families to deliver letters, Torah scrolls, mishloach manot, Chanukah menorahs, etc. were thwarted and blocked by the Red Cross in Lebanon. In November 2001, the IDF declared the three soldiers to be undisclosed and despite the difficulty, the Avitan family received the declaration and did not stop fighting for the return of Adi, after 1,210 days on Thursday, 29 January 2004, The bodies of the three abducted soldiers in a prisoner exchange deal with Hezbollah. The IDF held a full state ceremony with the participation of the heads of state and military leaders, and the entire state held its breath as the boys returned to its bosom, and on Friday, January 30, 2004, the three were brought to Israel. Adi was buried in the military cemetery in Tiberias and is twenty-one years old. Survived by his parents and three brothers. The family established Mitzpe Adi in Tiberias, with a spectacular view of the family’s home, overlooking Mount Hermon and Mount Dov, where he fell and was kidnapped. The vantage point enables the spectator to understand the topography of the area and the nature of its elements. A landscape that was linked to the tragic reality of the fall and abduction of the three soldiers after a battle. The site is characterized by a central stone from the Mount Dov area and three types of stones taken from the area of ​​residence of each of the three fighters, basalt from the Sea of ​​Galilee and the Golan Heights – Adi’s home, limestone from the coastal plain – my son’s house and a granite stone from the Galilee – Omer’s home. The Observatory brings the story of the kidnapping and the struggle to bring the boys home. In memory of Adi, a website was established at www.mitspe-adi.co.il. In the past few years, Adi has become an integral part of the nation’s consciousness, thanks to the endless efforts of your family, and the State of Israel and the IDF have kept their promise and have returned Their son – you are a witness to their border, to the grave of Israel. As a combat soldier in the operational company, you were a partner in the first-rate operational activity, which directly protected the lives of the country’s citizens on the northern border. You sacrificed a lot for the state, and in fact sacrificed the most precious of all, your life. Killed on an infiltration road leading directly to Neve Ativ. “I still remember the smile on your face, at one of the meetings on the border fence, when you answer my question if everything is all right in reply: Do not worry, the battalion commander, you have a business here with soldiers from Company A. You were part of the spearhead unit in the sector and even more, your department was chosen and sent to the patrol mission on the Lebanese border. Your department was assigned to prevent infiltration into northern communities. You did not get to see it, but your friends Adi were on the job, you’ve paid for your life. You know Adi, to this day the sight of the wounded, charred and smoking jeep is etched in my memory. You had no chance against the two bombs, the missiles and the fire. They did not dare to fight you, and all they had to do was take you, when you wereBleeding to death and spraying the charges. How can we comfort your family Adi, more than four years have passed since I informed your family of the terrible news. Since the pain has not weakened, but still in all my visits, when I came to strengthen I would come out strengthened, especially at the sight of determination and persistence in the actions of your return. Your family Adi is our family, we embrace them and we will live forever. Blessed are such parents, their children, the happy ones are his warriors. Peace be upon you. “Adi’s educator, Edna Yitzhak, writes:” Dear Adi, you exist in my thoughts, there is in my feelings. I see those blue-green eyes the color of sky on a bright summer day, the same eyes that have always sprouted understanding, infinite sensitivity and mischief of youth. Those eyes that for me symbolized you, and now the color turned black and blue, the same light went out of them. Adi, if I had a prayer, she was the only one – to see you coming back to us, to those who have experienced the experience of youth, the experience of growth. Adi, you were a real boy, just like you should, a prankster. I could not be angry with you, you did it right. You always knew to give me that special look, that gorgeous smile, and what could I do? Everything! Just do not be angry with you. A real child, a child who loves life, who always had a lot of friends around him and together they filled up batteries. Adi, my memories of you are special memories, warm memories that will go with me until the end of days. I will always have a child of life, a child who disappeared to me from behind the mountains. “Ayala’s classmate was close to my room. I would meet him every day, always with a smile, even when he spoke of teacher anger toward him or was removed from the classroom. My blue eyes would open and he, modestly and blush in my cheeks, would tell me everything that had happened in class, and always the truth. Adi knew that when he came to me he was safe and safe. I remember you asked me not to cry-and why? My eldest son joined the army, and for me, as a mother, it was quite difficult. Adi, who was about to be drafted at the end of the year, had discussions with me about the important service in the IDF, met with a crying and worried counselor and asked her, with kindness that was reflected from his blue eyes and said, ‘Do not worry, I’ll be fine.’ You were the ‘man of action’ and you did it, I knew and believed that you would succeed in anything you wanted, the group of children at school loved you, and you knew how to repay them. Always surrounded by friends, boys and girls, always willing to help with a smile and a sympathetic ear. We loved you with all your heart – and this love will be given to you by your parents and family, you who made him such a jewel, such a witness … “eulogy for Adi Eyal his brother:” Adi, my dear brother! Our beautiful and smiling Adi, we are so devoted to you, so your mother and father called you. 3 years 3 months 3 weeks and 3 days you were away from us but no longer. You were in the hands of heartless murderers who did not wish to hurt us, bad people who held you and did not let us know what happened to you. We lived 1,210 days in anticipation of the day when we will see you coming home. Adi, every day we fought, fought, dreamed and did not relax for a moment, we did not want to imagine that this would end. “We clung to the shreds of hope against all odds, we knew who you were and believed we were strong, but we did not know who they were and how bad and inhuman they were, Adi, we miss you so much and want you to be with us not only in pictures, not only in heart, memories and silence.” My younger brother Adi, a source of the pride of the entire family, why did they take you from us? We wanted so much those around us who did not really know you except the stories and the pictures will finally understand what we are fighting and why we were not willing to let go of the struggle to get you backtea. Now, when you are here, we will not leave you alone for a moment and make sure that your name and memory are not used forever, we will perpetuate your story in every possible way. I know that you enter the home and the hearts of thousands of people and you live there in each and every one. Adi, we have become a different family, which has the history before and the hard way after. Sometimes we cry, sometimes stare, sometimes imagine and sometimes laugh, everything mixes. I hope we will find the way and power to be a cohesive family, full of pride for our great privilege that you are part of us. You are comfortable with our precious loved one in a place you loved so much. Shabbat home, Shabbat to Israel, it is convenient for you to rest in peace. Adi Avitan The name will avenge your blood and your soul will be in the bundle of life. Amen! “Adi’s mother eulogized him:” Adi, my dear son, Adi, who is in me and around me, wants to tell your story all the time. We want to be with you all the time, and miss you very much. Every time I’m in my body she calls you to come, to be with us. Not only in the background, not only in pictures, not only in the heart, in memories and in silence. Sit with us to the table, walk with my father to prayer, make a cynical remark about me, go wild with my father, play with Assaf and with Eyal you can have a conversation. A third brother, a source of pride, a subject of love, why did you leave us? “Why did you cut off the thread of your life, and what is the meaning of the decree?” You could have been such a successful person and citizen, I’m sure, because you had everything, the talent, the hands, the beauty and the love and the wonderful smile. What have you been through until you got there … Do we know, all of them are roses that God took from the shield of life to his garden, and they are many, too many. It’s not comforting me, I want you here with us! “What happens there I do not know, what is not happening here I know and feel that the space and space that is only growing … Although we are sad, crying, and a cloud covering our faces, but trying to fight a full life with many moments of beauty and joy. Three brothers, each with a place in the crown, two armies, and only you, the special and only one, is missing, we have become a different family, a different family, and sometimes we cry, sometimes happy, with great faith that you are with us and we are with you. We are constantly praying that the killing will end and that young people will be able to grow and grow in this country quietly. “Noah Ben Yakir Lee That you loved so much, in the embrace of the clods of earth – your home near the Sea of ​​Galilee. “My son, my father’s brother, Eyal and Assaf, the brother-in-law of Neta and Maya, the grandson of Grandma Nina and Shoshana, a beloved of the family. I ‘m home, my darling, my sweet, Mom.