Son of Simi and Mordechai, was born in June 1956 in the city of Rabat, Morocco, to a Zionist family that for years fought for its right to immigrate to Eretz Israel. When David was 6 years old, the family realized her dream, immigrated to Israel and settled in the immigrant town of Dimona. David graduated from the “Rachamim” elementary school in Dimona, and because he was an outstanding student, his educators and school principal recommended that he continue his studies at the Boyer School in Jerusalem. All seven members of the family finished high school in Dimona, except for David, who showed diligence, modesty, willpower and endurance. The transition from the greenhouse in the parents’ home to a distant school in Jerusalem was not easy for David, or for his family. At first David found it hard to study, the financial burden of private tutoring for English burdened the family, but she stood by it. David survived all the difficulties, socialized, his grades improved every year and his grades were one of the highest in the class. During all his vacations he worked in all kinds of odd jobs, and did not spare any hard work. All this is done in order to make it easier for his parents and to save money for further studies. David was very proud of his origins and his hometown. He used to say: “There are two things, in which I should not be ashamed that I am a Moroccan and that I am a resident of Dimona.” He disliked the contempt he had heard in his town and would explain to everyone the virtues of Dimona. His friends at the Boyer School remember him as a model member, an excellent student and a great athlete who played a lot of football. There was no sport in which David had nothing to do with. He participated in all the championships, both internal and external, and honorably represented his school. David was a fair athlete, and knew how to get a respectable loss. He was an admired figure: his physical fitness, his strong will, his devotion and his loyalty served as an example. David was a leader in every part of his life, and David was drafted into the IDF in the middle of August 1974. At first he thought of volunteering for Nahal, but later decided that the Nahal Brigade was not enough combat for him, so he volunteered for the Sayeret Shaked The black beret. After a series of intensive training in basic training and a tour course, which included navigations, advanced training and parachuting and reconnaissance courses, he was sent to a squad commanders’ course and graduated with excellent distinction, and on the recommendation of his commanders and for his excellent physical fitness he was sent to a physical training course. He was sent to the officers’ school, where David was called “the investor” because he knew how to invest all his strength and energy in order to obtain first places. As a squad commander, he moves to the Tzahanim Brigade, as the deputy commander of an elite unit He was appointed as head of the infantry section of the paratroopers’ training base and was promoted to the rank of captain in the “Excellent Officer Procedure” “He said. It was time for the release, and David enrolled at the son of-Gurion University of the Humanities. He decided to dedicate himself after completing his studies to work with the youth in Dimona, persuade them to continue studying and in time to enlist in elite units. But his commanders refused to accept his departure, and with words of Zionism and moral preaching that convinced him to continue serving. He was appointed commander of a company of recruits in the Paratroops, a problematic company. And with close personal attention given to almost every one of the soldiers, the company became cohesive and cohesive. Indeed, in the Litani operation, this company fulfilled all its tasks. David was sent back to the officers’ school for training, this time as the commander of the cadets department. In 1979, David was sentTo the United States for a marines course in North Carolina. As usual, David finished the course with honors and the cap on his head changed color again, this time to green. When he returned to Israel, he married his girlfriend Orit and established his home in Dimona. David was appointed deputy battalion commander and was a candidate for promotion to a brigade officer in the brigade, and his commanders in the brigade described him as “an outstanding officer with leadership and organization ability, who was an initiator and a person who gave a personal example to his soldiers. He was very sensitive to people. “His friends said that he was made of the material from which generals were drawn, and in 1982 his daughter, Deganit, was born, and in the same year it was decided to evacuate Yamit from its inhabitants, and David and his unit were assigned to do so. He wrote in one of them: “A sad farewell story / Greenhouses in an abandoned block / A well-defined beach in the peace treaty Write … / Only a clear ray of light / From the light gray / Send a spark and hope – / Please stop the withdrawal. “Before the outbreak of the Peace for Galilee war, David went on vacation On Saturday morning, while he was driving, he noticed a heavy military movement on the roads of the Galilee, and he decided to find out what was going on in the brigade headquarters and informed him of the preparations for the operation and returned his wife and daughter to their home. He was appointed commander of Dudu’s force, and on June 11, 1982, Captain David fell in combat in Lebanon and was brought to rest in the military cemetery in Dimona. After his death, he was promoted to Major. David left behind a wife and daughter, parents, three sisters and three brothers. “One of Dimona’s Yaffa sons fell in. A sensitive, serious, caring young man who lives in the city is very important to him,” said the mayor of Dimona. His family set up a prayer box for him in the shabbat Achim synagogue in Dimona, and published a book called Dudu, which tells his life story and valuations and eulogies.
