David, Matan

Ben Rina and Gideon. He was born on May 7, 1982 in Kibbutz Manara, a younger brother to Yariv, Lior, Tomer and Keren. Matan was born prematurely and his parents fought a long struggle for his life until he left the hospital. As a child, he was stubborn and self-contained, but as a child he became a diligent student. On August 6, 1993, at the age of 11, his brother Tomer fell in a shooting attack in the territories, and this event left his mark on him for the rest of his short life. Though he did not talk much about it, he carried his pain inside. Matan attended the ‘Ali Geva’ elementary school and the Har V’Gai High School. As a child he began to study karate. He invested in it for a few years and even got a brown belt, but in the end he neglected this sport. As soon as he was drafted into the army, Matan expressed his desire to enlist in a combat unit, but because he was a member of a bereaved family, he had to convince his parents to sign the necessary forms, and in December 2000 he was recruited and assigned to the Intelligence Corps. He was accepted to the course of the system coordinator and began to obtain a responsible position. During the course, his mother, Rina, died of a malignant disease. His commanders assessed him as a person of high personal level, serious and clever, who demonstrated self-discipline and performed all his tasks with devotion and devotion, with meticulous attention to detail, in order to achieve the best results. On September 9, 2001, Cpl. Matan was killed while serving in the cemetery in his kibbutz Manara, when he died at the age of 19. Matan was born prematurely and left before his time, leaving behind a father, two brothers “In the letter of condolence to the family, Col. Guy, the unit’s commander, said that although Matan had arrived in the unit five months earlier,” Matan was in the best possible way to work in the field of intelligence in Lebanon, He received an independent project, which aroused great enthusiasm … From a social point of view Matan adapted well, acquired new friends and took part in the life of the department and the branch. Uh family, kibbutz and the unit in which he served. “