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Delrose, David

Delrose, David


Son of Geula and Shlomo. He was born in Jerusalem on July 23, 1969. David studied at the Pardes State Religious elementary school, and later at the “Jingli” high school and the “Education College” high school in Mevasseret Yerushalayim. He was a member of the Bnei Akiva youth movement and was active in the Civil Guard, and he was active in the Civil Guard, and he was prepared for sacrifice and devotion, Kibbutz Netzarim. On October 30, 1988, David was on his way from Tiberias to Jerusalem to carry out a light operation in order to raise his profile and participate in the parachute. Three Molotov cocktails were thrown at him and he was in flames when he tried to save Rachel Weiss and her three children, who perished in the attack, and his hands and face were badly burned and he was transferred to the intensive care unit at Hadassah Hospital in Ein Kerem. David was flown to London with his parents and two doctors In the last days of his life, from the physical suffering and the painful memories, David displayed a sense of nobility in his attempt to encourage and inspire his family members on the 14th of Tevet 5749 (December 22, 1988). David was buried in the hospital in London and was buried at the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem, where his words were engraved, he fell in a battle in Jericho and left behind his parents, three sisters and two brothers Mazal, Amnon, Tami, Sarit and Elad. The bereaved, the Minister of Defense expressed his appreciation and noted the great dedication and courage that David displayed in his military service. “I stand stunned and hurt, accompanied by memories of his service under my command as a battalion commander, a position in which he stayed with me for days and nights in difficult conditions, a position he performed with great dedication, demonstrating his ability and strong will to cope with difficulty. To me and to his friends on the road, David fell like a hero in the ongoing struggle to defend the homeland. “In memory of David planted a forest in Mitzpeh Yericho, looking at the road where the attack took place, a book was written about him and a Torah scroll was written in his memory, and an ambulance was donated to the community of Karnei Shomron and a shield from the Movement for Eretz Israel The Jabotinsky Order and the Chasia Lachmi Fund donated a memorial to the “Alumim” synagogue in Ramat Eshkol. Yad Sarah was donated a wheelchair and an oxygen machine in his memory and a book of Haftarot was written in his memory. Torah libraries in his name were established both in Talmud Torah in Ramat Eshkol and in Kibbutz Netzarim. The one on Kibbutz Netzarim was transferred to Kibbutz Ma’ale Hagilboa.

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