David, Na’im
Naim, son of Kolan and Michael, was born in 1948 in Iraq and immigrated to Israel in 1951 and completed his studies at the joint elementary school in Gan Yavneh and Bitzaron in Gan Yavneh, and was a diligent student and aspiring to learn and acquire knowledge. In the early years of his father’s studies, Naim, who was very attached to the family, assisted the mother in caring for and helping the brothers and sisters, and when he grew up he helped support the family. He was an optimistic young man, friendly and Ehud, with a golden hand in his work, a person who was always willing to help and help anyone who needed his help. He was drafted into the IDF in mid-November 1965 and served in the Engineering Corps. He passed a plasim course and served in various units in combat engineering. After his discharge from regular service, Na’im decided to move from agricultural tractors to heavier tools and quickly became a heavy equipment operator. He would leave as usual early in the morning and return in the late hours of the night. Tractor work was rooted in his blood, because he liked the tractors. A few months before the war he married his girlfriend Mazal. In the Yom Kippur War, Na’im took part in various operations, including placing mines around the Third Army. After the fighting, he volunteered to operate a tractor on the Suez Canal, east of the Suez Canal, opposite the positions of the Third Army of the Egyptian army. Naim was hit and killed by a sniper shot while working on the tractor on 14 November 1973 and was brought to eternal rest in the Rehovot cemetery. Survived by a wife and son, born after his death and named after him, as well as parents and seven brothers and sisters. After his fall, he was promoted to corporal. In a letter of condolence to his bereaved family, his commander wrote that Na’im was an outstanding soldier, devoted and loyal, admired by his friends.
