Ben Nira and Moshe. He was born on the 29th of Tishrei 5733 (29.9.1972) in Jerusalem. Until seventh grade, Doron studied at the elementary school in the Neve Yaakov neighborhood and decided to continue his studies in a youth company, even though he was very attached to his family and especially to his younger brother Dudu. He came to Kibbutz Ein Gedi, to the Tzalon and Oded classes by Tehila and Hanan Raz. He finished high school at the six-year school on the kibbutz and received a high school diploma with very good grades. For example: Physics 3 units – very good; Chemistry 5 units – very good; Maths 4 units – good. Doron was very musical and loved to play guitar and harmonica, but his greatest hobbies were trips around the country and photography. He connected these two hobbies: the camera was always in his backpack on each trip and he had a rare collection of more than 1000 slides with beautiful photographs that showed a keen eye and sensitivity to beauty. In the period between his graduation to the IDF, Doron worked with his cousin and his friend in renovations in the buildings, and worked hard and with the money he saved, he set out for a short trip to Greece. Like the rest of his contemporaries, he planned to travel to the Far East after the liberation. Doron was a tall, strong guy, with great physical fitness, great intellectual ability, and the qualities of a leader. He wanted to be a pilot-but he could not. Doron was drafted into the IDF in February 1991. After three months he was transferred from the course because of a mistake in navigation and volunteered for the infantry, the paratroopers, and after a while he volunteered for the Samson undercover unit. Arabic and acting, and graduated cum laude from the course of the commanders and the combat course in terror. He spent his holidays in his home in Jerusalem and Kibbutz Ein Gedi, where he met his friend Shira. Despite the hard, exhausting and dangerous service in the unit, no word of complaint or dissatisfaction came from him, and there was always a smile on his face. He was modest, shy, decisive in his actions and loved by all he knew. On August 1, 1992, Hagai’s team, including Doron, went out to capture an armed wanted person who had barricaded himself inside a house in Khan Yunis. Two fighters were wounded in the battle. Doron managed to rescue them from the house and continued the battle with the terrorist until he was mortally wounded. Two days later, Doron fought for his life and on the 4th of Av 5752 (August 3, 1992), Sergeant Doron was killed as a result of his wounds in a battle in Khan Yunis, where he was buried at the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem. “I did not get to know Doron personally, but I know the unit, the Shimshon unit,” said Major General Matan Vilnai. Which is frequently found in headlines. I remind everyone that she is made up of dozens of fighters, of whom Doron was one of them, performing tasks in the Gaza Strip day and night without any expense, at high risk, with great courage and devotion. .. “After they fell, Doron was promoted to sergeant. He was survived by his parents, his brother David, two sisters – Daniela and Dafna and a step-sister Moran. In his letter of condolence to the bereaved family, his commander wrote: “Doron was part of a group of fighters, engaged in a difficult and complicated war that involves a great deal of tension and courage that can not be met by anyone. , Intensive and difficult activity at a high risk level and in the fieldIt is highly personal. Doron performed all the tasks assigned to him in a good and professional manner, while showing courage and dedication to the task. In the last operation, from which he did not return, Doron fought as a true hero, rescued wounded under fire, Haifa on the assaulting force. “Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Yitzhak Rabin wrote in a letter of condolence to the grieving family:” I did not have the right to know Doron. I know that your son fell on a combat mission in the war against terror, and if it were not for Doron and his friends, we would not all be able to continue living here, to build our home and establish a nation and a state … I know very well that this does not comfort you. , The heartbreak that goes with you every day, every hour, I can only ask you to do everything possible to continue, bite my lips, cry – and continue. ” Later, Doron received a commendation from the commander of the command. For courage, leadership and dedication. The first, awarded to a combatant from the Shimshon unit, states: “Doron rescued his commander, who was injured during the battle, and assumed command of the force, at great risk to himself.” On the thirtieth day of the fall, the kibbutz and the family took out a booklet in his memory containing things and memories about him and letters he wrote; In the weekly Bamahane, the Israeli soldiers’ newspaper, which was published on the occasion of Israel’s Memorial Day for the Fallen Soldiers, Doron’s battle with his friends is described in great detail. The battle was also published in all Israeli newspapers. In a memorial ceremony held on the 30th day of Doron’s death, MK Benjamin Netanyahu said: “Doron and his comrades who lost their lives in recent months are among the leaders of the fallen, because the right of the sovereignty of the Jewish people in Palestine is possible.” “I know Doron personally and closely from meetings with this unit, and from what I heard from the parents in Jerusalem, and from what I have heard now, Doron plays a clear role in the landscape of our homeland,” he said at a memorial service held at Kibbutz Ein Gedi. What we all grow up on exactly. Those things that will once be remembered, and certainly these are things that it is clear that Doron’s behavior in his last moments in battle is a direct result of our behavior, expressed tonight, here. The minutes I’m talking about were like eternity to me. Doron acted in a way that all of us, comrades in arms, members of the unit, the force and the commanders, expect a guy who is one of the leaders of the force to come and direct his fire toward the source of the shooting, and this is precisely what Doron did. “His family commemorated two books that he published, And the construction of a memorial room.
