Eran, son of Betty and Shlomo, was born on February 16, 1950, at Kibbutz Degania Aleph. He completed his elementary studies at the Degania Aleph elementary school and later went on to study at the kibbutz high school in Beit Yerah. From his childhood, Eran has been prominent in his age group in the agriculture, as one of the gifted and gifted children. He always had a special connection to spiritual affairs and grew stronger during his youth, during his high school years, where he chose the humanistic track. His writings from this period have always aroused great interest. They excelled in abstraction and intellectual maturity, which went far beyond what was acceptable to his peers. He did all his deeds with dedication and a sense of responsibility and always aspired to perfection. He was obstinate and knew how to stand up and fight the difficulties he had encountered. His close friends remember him as a pleasant man and a conversationalist. There was a measure of shyness and restraint in him, but he always articulated his words with clarity and firmness, and they aroused thought and continued to engage his interlocutors many hours after the conversation. Eran had a developed sense of criticism. His approach to life and society was stricter but he also knew hours of joy and joy. At celebrations and parties, he could rejoice with all his might and dance to exhaustion. The always earnest, thoughtful fellow would suddenly become cheerful and Simcha to the point of frenzy. Eran knew how to establish close ties with people. Everyone he met immediately felt an atmosphere of trust and sympathy enveloping him. He had a unique relationship with his family. The letters he wrote to everyone in common and to each of them separately testify to how warm, deep and personal his relationship was. After graduating at the Moon was found suitable to participate in the pilot course. His doubts did not last long, and when he received the draft, he had already decided on his future path. Eran was drafted into the IDF at the end of November 1968 and volunteered for the Israel Air Force, where he participated in a pilot course and passed most of his courses, including parachuting and officers’ courses, but before the end of the course he was offered a Navigator course, “In his assessments of commanders, he was described as” of a comfortable but dynamic nature, sacrificing a lot in order to improve and streamline his position with great success. “In the periodical opinion of the IDF regarding officers, Eran has always been very positive in most of the articles. He was defined as an exceptionally successful officer in the area of control and leadership, dedicated and responsible, fully identified with his staff and with excellent professional knowledge. Thanks to his talents and personality, he quickly climbed the ranks. While in the squadron, he met Ruthie, his future wife. After their marriage, they began planning their way to the future when they were debating how to choose the place to build their home. But they did not manage to implement their plans. During the Yom Kippur War, Eran took part in the battles of containment on both fronts, Syrian and Egyptian, as a pilot on a “Phantom” aircraft. He participated in many sorties deep into the enemy territory and was often saved by a miracle from the dense array of missiles. On October 11, 1973, when he returned from an attack on targets near Mansoura, Egypt, and after a successful operation to sever all internal and external communications of Egypt, his plane was hit by aircraft fire and he was killed. Eran was declared missing and a memorial monument was erected in the military cemetery on Mount Herzl, among the gravestones of the missing. On June 1, 1995, after 21 and a half years of absence, Eran’s body was returned to Israel and he was laid to rest in the cemetery in Degania Aleph on 12.6.1995. Survived by his wife, parents, brother – Amiel and sister – Shulamit Cohen-Peretz. After his fall, he was promoted to captain. The family, friendsAnd friends published a booklet in his memory, containing letters and friends’ comments about his character.
