Ben-David, Rivka

Rivka, an only child of her parents, Naftali and Dina Son of-David, who survived the Holocaust, was born on June 24, 1956 in Haifa. She volunteered to serve as an auxiliary at Rothschild Hospital in Haifa, where she dealt with dedication to IDF soldiers during the Yom Kippur War. In October 1974, Rivka was drafted into the IDF, served as a clerk in the Air Force and attained the rank of Corporal. She was always smiling and she fulfilled her duties faithfully and devotedly. She fell in the line of duty on 6 Shvat, 8 January 1976 and was buried in the cemetery in Haifa.