Commanded, Tzahi
Ben Almiyahu and Shaul. He was born on January 18, 1975, in the village of Taga, in Ethiopia. He is the fourth son of a family of eleven. At the age of six, Tzachi arrived with his family in Israel. The family began its new path at the Shimshon Absorption Center in Ashkelon and Tzachi immediately joined the regular class. After their stay at Ulpan, the family moved to Kiryat Arba and in 1989 they moved to Kiryat Gat. Tzachi studied in the religious elementary school “Talmud Torah” in Kiryat Arba and at the high school in Kfar Batya, within the framework of the boarding school. He joined the social life, was an outstanding student, especially in the real professions and completed his matriculation exams. Tzahi especially liked the study of the Holy, and his ambition was to become a cantor. He was an outstanding athlete and his participation in competitions won several medals. He was an independent guy who took care of all his needs. Tzachi was accepted to study in the technological track in the technological track and had the option of postponing his enlistment, but he decided to enlist in the IDF. He preferred to contribute to the state and only then dedicate himself. At the end of November 1993, Tzahi was drafted into compulsory military service in the IDF, and he began the basic training course at the IDF Training Base. 4 Tzachi joined the platoon, was a disciplined soldier and wanted to be like all the soldiers. On January 2, 1994, Tzahi fell in the line of basic training and was hospitalized at Hadassah Hospital in Ein Karem in Jerusalem, and Tzachi fought his illness and did not lose his faith and hope that he would recover, but after a few days He was brought to rest in the military cemetery in Kiryat Gat, and at the age of 19 he was survived by his father, six brothers – Eyal, Shimshon, Guy, Pinchas, Yehuda and Avichai and four sisters – Yaffa, Hadas, Aliza and Ruti. Ehud Barak participated in the family’s mourning and wrote: “Tzachi was a rookie at the IDF’s training base, and he was a diligent soldier, disciplined and admired by all his comrades in the unit.” In a letter of condolence to the bereaved family, the commander of the unit wrote: “Tzahi commanded, he began his basic training, and despite the short time he spent in the unit, he stood out diligently and diligently … Tzahi was accepted by his friends, dedicated to his work and performed impeccably.”
