Binder (Barak), Shlomo David

Son of Pesia and Yehuda, he was born in Russia on April 27, 1955. Shlomo began his studies in an elementary school in Russia. In 1966 he moved to Israel with his family, where Shlomo studied in grades 5-6, he moved to the Raziel youth village in Herzliya, and after two years of education moved to the Johanna Jabotinsky Youth Village in Be’er Yaakov where he completed his high school studies, and in August 1973 Shlomo joined the army and served as a diver in the navy. He paid a number of professional naval weapons courses. Shlomo fought in the Yom Kippur War and was promoted to the rank of corporal in April 1974. He completed a second course as a naval mechanic, and continued to serve in the navy until the end of his regular service. He had two children, and he found his livelihood as a merchant. From time to time, Shlomo was called up to reserve duty, but he changed his military career and moved to the Armament Corps and was trained in armored personnel carriers, and when the Peace for Galilee War broke out, he was drafted into reserve duty in July 1982. On 25 Av, August 14, 1982, near the village of Hamdun in Lebanon, a car bomb exploded near his company, killing two soldiers, including Shlomo. He was 27 years old and was buried at the military cemetery in Rechovot and left behind a wife, brother and sister. The Minister of Defense, Ariel Sharon, wrote in a letter of condolence to his family: “Shlomo gave his life for his homeland. He served in the Ordnance Corps. He was an old soldier in the company, smiling, with a pleasant and comfortable temperament. He was disciplined, dedicated, loved by his friends and commanders.” The commander of his unit wrote to his family: “During our stay together in the company, we met a smiling young man with a pleasant temperament. He was disciplined, devoted and always ready to carry out any task assigned to him.”