Dr. Oded Ben-Dror

Oded, son of Zehava and Chaim, was born on the 9th of Kislev 5706 (9.11.1945) in Petah Tikva. He attended the “Hess” elementary school and the Brenner high school in his hometown and the medical faculty of the Technion in Haifa, where he completed his studies as a doctor of medicine. As a child, Oded was sensitive and shy. He was greatly influenced by the image of his late mother and read many of her poems. As a youngster, he excelled in dedication and dedication to tasks he took upon himself and achieved impressive achievements in the fields he was interested in. Oded was an outstanding football player in the first team of the Hapoel Mahane Yehuda team in Petah Tikva. Oded was drafted into the IDF at the end of October 1963. After graduating from regular service, he went to study medicine in Italy, and later returned to Israel and was a graduate of the first graduating class of the Technion’s Faculty of Medicine in Haifa, He served as a military doctor in an armored unit on October 17, 1973. He was killed and killed in an artillery shelling of the Egyptians, while he was with his friends to provide medical help to paratroopers who were wounded in the battle for the “Chinese farm.” He was brought to rest at home in “The cemetery in Petach Tikvah. He left behind a father and two sisters, and in a letter of condolences to the family, a chief medical officer wrote:” Oded acted at the same time as a doctor, the person and the officer. He was a devoted doctor, a loyal friend of all his acquaintances. During one of his unit’s fierce battles in the area called the Chinese Farm, on October 17, 1973, Dr. Son of-Dror and his team rushed forward to help and rescue victims under fire. The shelling was difficult and in one of his attempts to save the lives of his comrades-in-arms, Dr. Son of-Dror and his staff were hit by a direct hit. “