Betito, Haim

Bennett and Simeon. He was born on November 4, 1963 in Zichron Ya’akov. He studied at the “Nili” elementary school in Zichron Yaakov and completed his studies at the agricultural high school in Pardes Hanna, in the biological track, and was a member of the Maccabi youth movement. At the beginning of February 1982, and was assigned to the Armored Corps. Here he passed a track as a fighter and a course for tank commanders. After serving three months as tank commander, he was sent to the officers’ course and returned to his unit in the Golan Heights area, and served as a platoon commander, deputy commander, platoon commander and commander of a tank company. In summaries of interviews with him it says that he excelled in his position. “His method of work was very special: nurturing the soldier with full freedom of action and many conversations with soldiers and commanders, on the assumption that personal maturity would enable the company to discern the performance of the main thing and to shake off the issue. , Changed without a choice the method, and it began to yield high and positive results that mean high achievements reached by the company and that sticks to life all the way. Another of his commanders says that life, as its name is: loved the joys of life. On October 16, 1985, Chaim was killed in the military section of the cemetery in Zichron Yaakov, leaving behind his parents and three brothers – Rogeh, Danny and Israel – and was promoted to captain after death. Received a certificate of appreciation and respect for his service in the army, and wrote to the bereaved family: “I met Haim Haim when he was a mortar platoon two years ago, and the result was a few weeks later: a well-educated, professional department. Thanks to the person in life. ” His parents donated a Torah scroll to the synagogue in Zichron Ya’akov. A Torah scroll and a tablecloth also donated a Torah scroll to the synagogue on the Golan Heights. His parents, together with the Zichron Yaakov Local Council, established a playground in his honor