Ben-Shitrit, David

Son of Eli and Pracha. He was born on 25.12.1947 in Casablanca, Morocco. Until the age of eight, he studied at the elementary school there and then at an elementary school in France, which he reached in 1956. He studied at a French college until the age of 15. After graduating he worked in a bank, Nine grades, and because he did not want to work in France, and in addition to those – because his elderly parents were in Israel, he decided to immigrate to Israel, and then he had to enlist in the French army and if he was in the army he would serve in the Israeli army. He came to Israel and came to the studio when he arrived, where he heard talk about a nucleus and he said in his notes that when he asked the meaning of this word, he was told that this was the black dot that came An apple or pear bed, and then his friends explained to him that this was a group that wanted to be together in the army, in the Nahal Brigade, and then to settle in the kibbutz. “I liked it,” writes David in his notes, “and I decided to join.” In November 1967 he was drafted into the IDF and was in the Nahal Brigade. Was the beloved son of the entire kibbutz and its commanders in the army. Studied in various courses in heavy armor and acquired the trust and sympathy of his subordinates. Was always the volunteer for every mission, and in one of them he died in a clash with enemy terrorists in the Tel Umm-Tzuz area; This was on the 18th of Adar 5738 (March 16, 1968). Was laid to rest in the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem. The commander of his company wrote a letter of condolence to his parents, who were then in France, and wrote: “He was a good commander who always cared for his soldiers and did not try to patronize them, but he knew how to impose his will uncompromisingly. David was a symbol of life, he always laughed and always knew the word that would lift the spirit of society. “