Bonfil, David

David, the eldest son of Bella and Nissim, was born on October 16, 1944 in Tel Aviv. was drafted to the IDF in mid-November 1961 and assigned to the Armored Corps. After completing basic training, he successfully completed professional courses in the IAF and was appointed tank commander in the Sherman and Centurion tanks, and he was very fond of his unitmates and the armored units, the difficulties of life and the exhausting training that the soldiers were given. And fought in the central sector of the Sinai, where his commanders stated that he was an excellent soldier and commander, with great knowledge, responsible and dedicated to his job and his subordinates. Is very attached to his family and did not neglect even one day his father, an IDF veteran, who was wounded in his midst The “Givati” War of Independence against the Egyptians. As the eldest son, David felt great responsibility for the education and advancement of his three brothers. He was a quiet, honest man. He kept away from quarrels and quarrels and always tried to help everyone, and was therefore very fond of his many friends and friends. During the Yom Kippur War, David was a tank commander in the battles in the central sector of the Suez Canal. On October 16, 1973. He was hit and killed in a battle near the Chinese Farm by a missile fired by the Egyptians in his tank and brought to rest in the Kiryat Shaul cemetery near his younger brother, Raphael, who was killed in the same sector A few days earlier David had no idea what had happened to his brother Rafi, whom David had left behind a wife, a daughter, a father and two brothers, and was promoted to the rank of First Sergeant. He was a favorite of both commanders and subordinates.