,אֵ-ל מָלֵא רַחֲמִים, שׁוכֵן בַּמְּרומִים, הַמְצֵא מְנוּחָה נְכונָה
,עַל כַּנְפֵי הַשְּׁכִינָה בְּמַעֲלות קְדושִׁים, טְהורִים וְגִבּורִים
כְּזֹהַר הָרָקִיעַ מַזְהִירִים, לְנִשְׁמות חַיָּלֵי צְבָא הֲגָנָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל
By shooting, David
The second son of Chana and Shmuel. He was born on April 6, 1981. In Jerusalem, he grew up in the Arnona neighborhood of Jerusalem, and was a playful and energetic child, full of joie de vivre, wise and talented, a source of pride for his parents. Until he fell, was injured and dressed in a cast, David learned to swim alone, and swam like a fish in the water, and as a child he was a social focus and his family was the main axis, the “attraction” of the family. He was educated at the “Zalman Aran” elementary school in his city, and his teachers loved him very much because of his occupying personality, and he continued his studies at the Hebrew Gymnasium, Shooting number one, “wrote Esti Baruchi, the educator, in his memory:” As early as the beginning of the 11th grade, I saw that you were a boy who loved everything and a lot, but a little bit of study, together we taught your parents and I to let you be happy and happy in what you did without making it difficult for you. Positive, full of initiative, and most of all you were a good friend. ” According to their teacher, friends David Biri and Elad Hirshenson supported each other, Elad was “conductor of the orchestra according to David’s poems.” They initiated and led special events in the classroom, complementing each other by carrying them out. “David and Elad, the rare combination of the two of you is reflected in the graduation ceremony, everyone who saw understood your respectable part of the atmosphere of the class, see the amazing friendship, vitality and freshness of youth.” The studies were secondary to David, because most of his time was devoted to activities in the Scouts in the Modi’in tribe. “The Scouts” were the center of his world and although he did not invest, his achievements in studies were good. At “Tzofim” he began in fifth grade as a trainee, continued as a guide, and reached the head of a battalion. In the last year of his life, when he was a member of the senior class, he and his friends established a new tribe in the Gilo neighborhood of Jerusalem. David was an active participant in the founding team and was also responsible for choosing the name. He called the tribe Oz, like his younger brother. From an early age, his leadership qualities, his tenacity, his honesty and his joie de vivre were all followed by him, and he became a role model for his friends. David was surrounded by a very cohesive group of ten boys and girls who spent time together in Scouts and in school, met all the time and always worked for each other. They lived between the Arnona neighborhood and the German colony and the Rehavia neighborhood. “We have done this line for years,” his friend Avi Twig said. “On foot, riding the new and easy Canondale bikes, and driving through his grandfather’s Volvo … we ran on this line on the way to Scouts and on our way to visit friends. “We used to choose all kinds of points on the way … Waffle at Nili’s, a cigarette under some building, or just sitting on one of the benches in one of the gardens …” David had an excellent relationship with his sister Einav, And his ability to connect with others. In everything that happened to her she shared it. Roni Shechter added memories of David and Einav’s room in the upstairs apartment, where the friends gathered and settled for hours. Most of the meetings of the Almog battalion’s instructors were held in his home: “During the course of the course you would call on your cellphone and Einav’s apartment for your mother to prepare food for us, but in all the fragments of memories there is a special and unique picture that is of great significance to me – the eternal smile that accompanies almost every memory That smile that starts with your eyes and symbolizes so much for me It symbolizes your ability to take everything easily, not to get excited, to know that no matter how complicated you get, you will get out of it clean (perhaps because of that winning smile). , The smile that made people want to be near you and pleasant their timeAnd a giant. “Guy recalls the freedom that characterized the friendship with David:” When we were about sixteen or seventeen … It was forbidden to smoke in our parents’ house, so David’s apartment, which was isolated from our parents, was a very sought after apartment among the smokers from the group, , There was some kind of extraordinary freedom there. After the cigarette or during it, David would put a disc in his sophisticated system … The discs bought me, to the extent that until now, a few years later, I still cling to them and remember this special and special period that belonged to me with David … Feelings of friendship, happiness and innocence “He was an outstanding athlete and had great achievements in short runs, he learned from watching television, he loved world music and enjoyed dancing at the Haoman club in Jerusalem, he played basketball and was a very quick player, At Scopus, he sailed along the shores of Sinai, and his friends say that most of them would come up with diving balloons In July 1999, when he enlisted in the army, it was clear that David would volunteer for an elite unit, and despite being invited to an aviation course, he wanted to be a combat soldier, Infantry). In fact, he arrived in the engineering division of the Givati Brigade, underwent preparations, and chose to serve in the Military and Engineering Company, because there were more confrontations and action, and at the beginning of basic training he went to a paramedics course for a period of three months. He also completed advanced training and advanced training with honors. David’s team also became a central axis thanks to his occupying personality and the ability to combine seriousness and professionalism with lightness and smile. His values, his honesty, and the willingness to help at all times made him a sure candidate for an officers’ course from the point of view of his commanders. They testified that he was a quiet, responsible soldier, helping everyone, first in running and on every mission. His friends used to sing to him: “With cannon fire, he would break the record of the brigade.” Erez said that David could find a common language with each of the team members: “There were many contradictions in our team, but you were in the middle, “At the advanced training stage, the unit embarked on its first operational stage in Netzarim, and on September 27, 2000, at 10 PM, while accompanying settlers from the Karni crossing to Netzarim, the convoy encountered a bomb explosion David jumped out of the jeep to make sure there were no casualties among the convoy’s passengers, and when he returned to the jeep, a second explosive device exploded, seriously wounding him in the head. He was evacuated to Soroka Medical Center in Be’er Sheva and died the next day of his wounds David was shot dead at the Netzarim junction on September 28, 2000, at the age of nineteen Was buried in the military cemetery on Mount Herzl, Jerusalem and left behind his parents, two sisters – Einav and Noy and brother Oz – David was raised to the rank of sergeant after his death, and David loved the song “Avot Ve’avanim” by Eviatar Banai. The commander of the unit, Captain Gal Tamir, told of David Pecudo in a letter of consolation he sent to the family: “I received the perfection from you. He was a talented, professional and valiant soldier, a determined and fanatical fighter, who swept his friends and became a social leader in the team – not in words but in deeds, as he knew. Your uncle is a product of Zionist education and values, and especially high intelligence, which created all the good qualities of a warrior, friend and son. I would like to wish all the units fighters as David, all of Israel members like him, And to myself, if only I could, such a son. But in essence, David found his death. When the charges were used against the convoy of residents of the settlement, which David and his friends accompanied, David jumped out of the jeep with his characteristic determination and quickly ran to the help of the residents who remained behind. “Deputy Commander Noam Zisman, who was lightly wounded in the attack, said that” “I think your most outstanding characteristic was love for man, for others, for life … You were David, a real person, and you were a man with principles and values, and with the will, the power and the ability to live by them …” The last moments of shooting after the first explosion was heard: “In real time, when the first explosion exploded, you just kept on an incredible cool. Your instincts and your heart told you to get out of the shelter, from the armored jeep, right into the inferno of fire. You did not hesitate for a second, you knew what the mission was and what the job was and performed it perfectly, to that deadly charge, the cargo that hit both of us but killed you … More than anything we will miss your smile, the rolling laugh that catches everyone, your sparkling eyes that always glistened the room … “His brother Oz remembers him as a big brother, like a spirit of folly, as a role model.” As a boy who was barely twelve years old, I did not catch the phrase ‘Your brother David was killed’ … Longing for you, brother David, Your look and that smile, the longing for the great mess and joy of life that you have left wherever you are present. The longing to hear from you the word ‘grandfather’ you used to say even in the most difficult moments … “The father of his friend eulogized:” What is the memory versus the desire to be with you, to spend time with you, and learn from your approach to life. Everything casual or even sad has become amusing and has a completely different meaning. What is an image compared to your supporting hand. And what is a word against your gaze that expresses everything: laughter, sadness, pride or disappointment. The honesty and maturity that were transmitted from your gaze directly to our hearts, without the need for words. As children and teenagers we all go through difficult moments and times of crisis, but you knew how to get out of trouble on your own, quietly and without knowing. “Three weeks later, his friend Elad committed suicide, and Einav produced a film that documented the friendship between David and Elad. How many times in life did we think? Winning team?! In the 8th grade, our instructors said: ‘They will be a leading vehicle’, in 11th and 12th grade, when we were together in the KG (a mature class) we were undoubtedly a special vehicle – perhaps not efficient but special! ‘… a winning basketball team, a leading vehicle in the KGG and also in the battalion, a leader in a seminar, on trips and summer camps, a wonderful vehicle in the guys, on Friday evening departures, an amazing composition in deep conversations into the night, No longer the car, each one alone with his longings and tears … coping with the worst pain – pain in the heart. We are dealing with a different, strange routine, Luca! With something missing, in the body, in the heart, in everything … with something that the car can not win! “Many memories remained for his friends, Doron, who taught him the sixth grade in the 10th grade, he said:” At that time we felt that we had to work harder So we decided to look for work. At the conclusion of the training sessions … we wandered among various shops and food stalls and were refused a request for work. In the end, we were hired at the Burger King branch in the city center. The excitement was at its height, for neither of us had worked in the past. At the end of the training I was placed in the cash register and David stood at the fries stand. Needless to say, this is HiIt was our first and last shift. Indeed, we were quite spoiled. “Doron also described the sense of freedom and endless possibilities that accompanied the trip of most members of the battalion in the summer between 11th and 12th grade to the Greek islands, and the antics of four friends on one of the annual trips, when they decided to direct an upset stomach, The day after the trip: “The attempt eventually succeeded and we found ourselves floating alone in the Dead Sea. When they came back from the course, covered with mud and exhausted, we just left the showers with white towels on our shoulders. One can not forget the penetrating gaze we received from the educator at the time. How could I describe the longing for the way David would lean with his hand on my shoulder, or our shared addiction to eating abortions? “Neta also noted David’s characteristic stance when he spoke with his friends and leaned his elbow on his shoulder Netta wrote: “I remember how your face looks when you listen, think, get angry, laugh, ask. I remember how you hugged me … I was annoyed to have phone conversations with you because you always sounded very indifferent to me, your tone on the phone was monotonous, and I did not understand when you were cynical and when serious … We had a period in Tzofim, We were the three men with the greatest noses in the battalion. You’d say there’s nothing like my nose, yours and Guy’s… We would laugh at the subject between ourselves and ourselves … We went to Sinai together in the eleventh grade, we were full of people – twenty-six guys … and for me it was the first time in Sinai. You, on the other hand, walked around like the owner of the house, everyone’s chuckle … I remember that you would love to bother, it would make you laugh (and in fact all of us) … You were among the first to pass a test (first if I’m not mistaken) You come to the tribe with your Subaru crime … How is it fun to dance with you at parties … Where you were not or turned around – it was always funny … You do not have an account and you do what you want, whenever you want, not afraid of nothing, How is everything always going smoothly for you? D. At the end you kidding, how dare you always, and sweeps you along the rest of us … “the permanent home of the Tribe” Oz “was named David fire and Elad Hirshenzon friend. In their memory a gym was established at the Hebrew Gymnasium.