Basirtman, Benjamin, Benny

Son of Tzippora and Avraham. Was born on December 14, 1967 in Holon, the second son of a family of five children. My son grew up and was educated in Holon. He began his studies at the Niv Elementary School and completed his studies at the Ayalon high school. Under the influence of his older brother, Rami, Benny wanted to serve in the Nahal Brigade, with the aim of integrating youth education and settlement with a regular army course, joining the Tarshish nucleus, which was to settle in Kibbutz Hukuk in the Lower Galilee. On the integrity of the nucleus, was already the ‘living spirit’ in the nucleus, loved by all, and he was drafted into the army in early January 1987. At the end of a long and difficult basic training he was sent to an infantry training course. In the Nahal Brigade’s liaison company. On the 25th of Kislev, 5748 (November 25, 1987), Benny was killed in a battle in the north, when he was hit on the night of the gliders in the Gibor camp near Kiryat Shmona, “In my letter of condolence to the bereaved family, the brigade commander wrote:” My son excelled in his friendly and thoughtful approach to his friends, and in his stubbornness with regard to his opinions. Was a paternal figure in the nucleus and a minister of security around him. “After his death he was promoted to Corporal. The Jewish student organization in Rome planted a tree in its memory in the forest of the Jewish National Fund.