Bonimovich, Alexander

The eldest son of Alina and Michael and Ethel. He was born on the 8th of Sivan 5747 (8.6.1987) in the city of Minsk, Belarus, in the former Soviet Union. Alexander, or Alex, was his official name, but everyone knew him as “Sasha” and that nickname continued to accompany him until his dying day. Sasha’s way rushed to him, and everything had to be done quickly. He began to talk early, and to go, and even when he was a baby, it was evident that his IQ was much higher than the average. “We called him ‘the family genius,'” says his uncle, “at the age of eighteen months he knew whole books of children’s poems by heart. In 1989, at the age of two and a half, Sasha and his parents immigrated to Israel and settled in Netanya. Sasha quickly acclimatized and learned the Hebrew language in the blink of an eye. Sasha spoke in a loud voice, was very sure of himself, and did not give up the children until they learned to pronounce his name properly – “Sasha” and not ” Shasha. ” Sasha bought his education in Netanya – at the Nordau Elementary School, and at the Eldad Municipal High School, where he attended junior high and high school. He completed his studies in the physics and computers track with great success. In every frame in which Sasha stood, Sasha stood out in his special personality. From childhood he had been a true warrior and a warrior, and his intellectual independence enabled him to stand up for his opinions and express them honestly and boldly, clearly and sharply. “Sasha was the kind of boy whose leadership lies so naturally, he has charisma that radiates on us all, modestly and modestly, pleasantly and gracefully, without any trace of power and machismo,” says Einat Tomer, a junior high school teacher: Helped me resolve conflicts and acted out of sensitivity and loyalty to those around him and especially to the real “I” inside me, knowing that the important things are those that are hidden from the eye and are only visible to the heart. In the brigade, Sasha joined Alex and they became friends. The number of the educator Avi Akshuti: “Two friends sat side by side – both of them, a strange fate, answering the name Alex, I gave you signs to differentiate between you and me: I called your friend Little Alexander and you because of your height and the width of your shoulders I later called on the name of that great commander, Alexander the Great. “Later on, when I read the details of the last battle from which I did not sit, I understood how shocked you were by the name of the celebrated and triumphant Greek general who also passed away at an early age. Sasha always aspired to economic independence, and at the age of thirteen, he began to work. At first he worked with his close and loyal friends, Ziv and Alex, at the Shefayim Water Park, and in the two years before his enlistment he worked at Burger Ranch. In the Poleg compound. Sasha liked to spend time, try everything, just live-in every sense of the word. His intense love for motor vehicles became a hot hobby that gave him the most pleasure. When he was seventeen, when he worked as a messenger, he drove a moped; With the money he saved in his various works, “Beetle”, together with his friends, bought a cockroach and painted it in yellow, and invested it in every moment. The Beatle was a symbol of diligence, determination, and the ability to set a goal – and to achieve it. The human warmth and the desire to reach out to anyone who needed help were among Sasha’s outstanding characteristics, as well as the simplicity and logic of each and every act, and the fact that he never made a fuss about anything – a straight guy with a healthy sense and a developed sense of justice. “If I had to describe him in one word, I would say ‘perfect,'” says Lena, a close friend. Sasha’s many friends remember the sense”” In the class you were usually silent, and a big, wide smile was constantly on your lips as if to say, ‘There’s nothing to worry about, things are in control.’ “Only one subject , I remember, was able to take you out of the army – you would wake up to a new life when there were arguments about contributing to the state … “For Sasha, military service was far beyond duty, and as a real patriot it was important for him to play a significant role and be a fighter. The tank charmed him, and when he enlisted in the IDF on July 31, 2005, he was posted to the 46th Battalion of the Armored Corps, the “Shachal” Battalion, and began his training course in the Armored Corps School. “A tough and determined warrior, but also soft, loving and embracing,” his uncle describes him, and the friends say that they knew that Sasha could be trusted with his eyes closed and that he would never disappoint Sasha loved perfection, “It’s good to die for our country” – that was the slogan on Sasha’s backpack, and it was not just a slogan: Sasha, his friends say, was willing to risk his life for State. At the end Htzm”f (company department staff – one of the stages of training course), in recognition of his performance, Sasha received the signal “exemplary warrior”. His high personal and professional abilities were not overlooked by the commanders, and he was marked for command. The commander’s course was the natural continuation, and at the end of the course Sasha was sent to the Tank Commanders Course, where he wrote: “He has high self-discipline, values, determination and firmness, works from the head, does not give up himself and others.” Sasha with honors, and chose to reach the operational company. “He wanted to rub the ground first,” explains one of his friends, “before he goes on, to officers’ course.” But Sasha did not achieve his ambition and be an armored officer. As a young tank commander, Sasha was not supposed to take part in the fighting, but Sasha, as was his wont, was determined to contribute his part and demanded that his commanders allow him to immigrate to Lebanon, A “construction force” was established for the war under the command of Major Benya Rain, and Sasha, who before the fighting served as a medical officer, volunteered for the role of driver. The “Construction Force” carried out complex rescue and rescue operations inside Lebanon under fire and at great risk. Three heroic rescue operations were carried out: the rescue of a Puma armored personnel carrier from the Hizballah’s eight-man combat zone; And the rescue of the commander of the Nahal Brigade, Colonel Miki Edelstein, after the vehicle he was traveling in. Sasha fell in combat in Lebanon during the last day of the war, on Saturday, August 12, 2006, A damaged tank in the Hirbat Kassif area in the eastern sector During the rescue attempt, Sasha’s tank was hit by a missile fired by the Hizbullah and the ammunition in the tank The huge explosion left no one of the four fighters in the tank dead, and Sasha, the tank commander, Major-General Benya Rain, the gunner, Sergeant First Sergeant Uri Grossman, and the lieutenant-sergeant, Sergeant Adam Goren. He was laid to rest in the Netanya military cemetery, leaving parents and a seven-year-old brother, a grandfather and grandmother, and a trail of painful and stunned lovers. “After his fall, he was promoted to the rank of First Sergeant, and at the end of the shiva, Sasha said to his uncle:” Sascha, I look for your gaze. I do not want to bearSee you. I want to talk to you, with you. I want to look you in the eye. … This week we heard countless stories. In the stories you are a knight. You are a warrior. You are an uncompromising person. You’re a hero. You are strong. You’re a friend … but I see you, Sashka, otherwise. I see you as a child, as a boy. no more. A child with a conquering smile, a broad heart, a clear head. … Sasha – our prodigy … You always knew what you wanted and how to get what you wanted. Friends – Countless. There is no time to rest – you have to live. You were the pride of the family, a source of imitation. The relationship between you and your mother was so special. Lots of hugs, lots of kisses. … You have fulfilled your dream – to be a combat fighter. Maybe too close? And for a moment you did not have a drop of fear, you wanted to go into battle. Why the last battle? “I promise on behalf of everyone that we will do everything in order to be able to be there and that we are worthy of you.” After their fall, Sasha and his teammates were awarded a commendation by the OC Central Command, Major General Gad Shamni, for the courage displayed by the crew during the fighting. The sergeant: “First Sergeant Alexander was a young and promising commander who was highly respected by his soldiers and commanders … He insisted on taking part in the combat in any position he needed, and for more than a week he helped with the team to rescue many wounded who needed help … Alexander (Sasha) extraordinary determination and spirit of volunteerism. ” Sasha’s parents donated books to the Eldad school library. In April 2007, a memorial evening was held at the school, in which lines were drawn. “Alex was killed in the last day of the war in Lebanon … His friends tell us about his mission, the inner voice that motivated him to insist on being an active part of the battle,” says the director, Toby Pinchov. We are hearing about a boy who is full of joy, very talented, sometimes playful, knows how to respect others and is willing to do anything to achieve his goal … Alex’s memory will remain etched in our hearts forever. ” “Sasha … Today I take a moment, remember you … remember Sasha, smiling and laughing, with his little beetle … Today I take a moment, from the life that now looks really not Important, and stops to tell you what I think is the most right to say: thank you for everything you have, thank you for every good thing you have for us, something you may have done without even paying attention, more than anything, thank you for the smile … see you when we see you. “At the ceremony,” The Mayor of Netanya Award for Outstanding Volunteers “was awarded to the parents of Sasha Yonat, a silver donut and a certificate of appreciation in his memory. The Sorek memorial ceremony was held in Kiryat Hasharon on April 23, 2009. Sasha was also immortalized in a scholarship in his name donated by the “Mother” Foundation – a scholarship fund from the University of Haifa to commemorate the fallen of the War In the memory of Sasha, a website was established in which Menahemim community, photo gallery, etc. http://www.evelnet.co.il/personal/p_eologies.aspx?sid=78 In March 2008, Dana Ben Ezra wrote: “Sasheleh … In my head, you come up in my memories and appear in my dreams. The feeling is a heavy feeling of the same pain, the emptiness, the lack of this charming person, the good friend, the beautiful soul, the smiling and the funny that is hard to ignore … You have been a great hero, the hero of us all, and all the friends who admire you and remember you with love and love … keep yourself up there, know that there’s always someone down here who thinks about you and misses … “Three years laterSasha wrote: “Sasha, the more time passes, the harder it is for me to think that I am here and you will not be able to do it … It is harder for me to think that every year we will light a candle for you and not a candle of joy, – Ten candles … It hurts me for everything you did not get, when you were still, and for everything that will probably never be enough … I know that one day we will meet again, we will complete everything that we did not receive and will be better and easier … And you do not forget. ” Sasha’s close friends decided to perpetuate his dream – to turn his “beetle” into an SUV. “We decided to realize Sasha’s desire to build a real SUV (with the same body and the same chassis) from the Beetle, so that we will reach the original purpose of the vehicle and continue what Sasha did not have time to do,” says Ido, who initiates and runs the “Beetle Baja” project. We’ll fix the beautiful souvenir he left us. ” The pictures and explanations of the construction process, step by step, appear on the forum of the “Jipolog” website at http://www.jeepolog.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25277 Sasha’s friends in Battalion 46 made a video Where he tells of Sasha and his subordinate, Corporal Anton Konoblov. The video appears on the YouTube website. Nelly wrote Sasha’s girlfriend: “awake, I think and imagine / awake, I know it’s true / awake, I hear sounds / awake, I see things / But I never see you // And when I close my eyes I see / I’m going up and down / awake, I’m laughing and smiling / awake, I’m talking / about life and the dead / And about war and peace / And when my eyes are closed I see / only you I see / healthy and well and live and breathe / And when my eyes open / I lose you again // … / I hope / It was a dream. “