Buhbut, Eliyahu (Eli)
Eliyahu (Eli), Ben Ziona and Abraham (Albert), was born on 23.2.1954 in Moshav Megadim, and attended elementary school in Megadim and Nir Etzion, where he completed his studies at the school The industrialist “Sprinzak” in Haifa in the field of metalwork, he was a diligent and diligent student who liked the teachers and his classmates, and graduated from the industrial school with honors, he was a sports fan and a member of the Hapoel soccer team. He was very friendly, a friend of the truth, who always knew how to help others and help in times of trouble. Military industrial plants in Haifa, and was going after discharge from military service, being a farmer and his parents work in the session. Elijah was drafted into the IDF in early May 1972. He asked to serve in the paratroopers corps, but his request was denied and this is very distressed. He was assigned to the Artillery Corps and after completing basic training he completed a course in communications. He was a responsible and dedicated soldier who knew how to perform his duties accurately. For his service in an operational unit he was awarded the “Operational Service Award”. He was a good and devoted son, trying not to worry his parents, and was careful to write home often. During the Yom Kippur War, his unit participated in the battles of containment and break-up in the Golan Heights. On the 19th of Adar 5734 (March 19, 1974), he was killed by a shrapnel when his position was shelled. He was brought to eternal rest in the Haifa cemetery. He was survived by a father, mother, three brothers and four sisters. After his fall, he was promoted to sergeant. In a letter of condolence to the bereaved family, his commander wrote: “Eliyahu did everything he was entrusted with faithfully and conscientiously, he was a quiet and smiling soldier, acceptable and acceptable to all the soldiers of the unit.” His parents donated a Torah scroll and a memorial plaque to the Sha’ar HaRachamim Synagogue in Megadim; The Moshav Movement published a pamphlet in memory of members of moshavim who fell in the war and Eliyahu among them.
