Ben Tzvia and Yosef. He was born on 25.8.1977 in Ashkelon. Brother to Eran, Nofar and Matan. Shlomi was educated in Ashkelon – at the Ilanot Elementary School and at the ORT Henry Ronson High School, where he studied humanities and sports. He was very fond of his friends, involved and involved in the class and the class, and on his face a permanent smile. As a talented first-rate athlete, Shlomi excelled in tennis, football and basketball, and turned out to be a gifted runner. He took part in running competitions as a member of the Ashkelon Athletic Team, and in 11th grade he won the first place in the race in the city, where Shlomi was an outstanding athlete, and in 12th grade he represented his school running and winning many trophies. Sports was a big part of Shlomi’s life, but his really great love was music. Shlomi loved contemporary music and was always looking for the latest hits. On July 31, 1996, Shlomi joined the IDF in the “Duchifat” unit of the Kfir Brigade, which specializes in anti-tank warfare, and began advanced training in the “Yishai Camp” As “a surprise of advanced training.” His company captured the Psagot line, and Shlomi was one of the fighters who manned the A-Ram outpost north of Jerusalem, in the Ramallah area. After another battalion training, Shlomi went on a second commanding course in the Second Infantry Division and received an impressive and flattering opinion, and the commanding staff at Bismarck was unwilling to part with Shlomi and fought to keep him in office. I guided. Shlomi gave a three-month training course for commanders, and then went on to prepare an officer’s course at Training Base 1. Due to a crack in his leg, he realized that he could not finish the course and retired. Shlomi, who so loved the Duchifat, fought stubbornly to return to serve his friends. After many struggles, he returned to the battalion and was appointed as a company commander in March 1998. In the company’s chapter book he wrote: “I was relieved after the platoon commander with the connection ran and used to do it effortlessly. To search / for the course he left / and his mission in the army was found / from Shlomi we will still hear / he will probably be the next battalion commander. ” And indeed, until his last day, Shlomi wanted to be a commander in the battalion. At the same time, the August 98 company began preparing its personnel. It was headed by Rafi Pedli, who was the platoon commander in August 1996 – the period when Shlomi was at the beginning of his military career. Knowing Shlomi and his vast experience in command, Rafi insisted that Shlomi should be one of his company commanders, and so Shlomi began preparing the staff. On the first of Av, 5768 (July 24, 1998), Shlomi went on holiday to visit a friend who had just enlisted and stayed at the Zikim base near Ashkelon and went to his father’s factory to say goodbye, At 15:30, at the Ytong junction in Ashkelon’s southern industrial zone, as he left the junction, a commercial vehicle drove over a hundred kilometers an hour and hit the left side of the vehicle in which Shlomi was traveling. The vehicle was dragged about twenty meters to the side and completely destroyed; Shlomi was killed on the spot. It soon became clear that the commercial vehicle was stolen, and the driver was denied a license. Shlomi, 21, was laid to rest in the military cemetery in Ashkelon. He left parents, two brothers and a sister. After his fall, he was promoted to First Sergeant. In a condolence letter to the bereaved family, Lt. Col. Erez Katz, the battalion commander, wrote: “The dear Eini family, the Duchifat family, strengthens your hands and shares in your great sorrow the loss that is most dear to us, Shlomi. Upon receiving the terrible news, the entire Duchifat family wept with you. Shlomi dreamed of returning to be a commander in the “Duchifat”. Unfortunately it appliesAnd Moe was not realized, and he did not command the soldiers who had just joined the Hoopoe. What a shame that the soldiers will not get to know Commander Shlomi. Shlomi was one of the most impressive people we had in the battalion. Always smiling, volunteering for any task and helping each friend. Shlomi was a true Zionist and was willing to do anything for the state and for the members of the unit. Shlomi was the pride of the battalion and the pride of the family. The pain is great and the space is growing. We’ll all miss my health. We will always remember Shlomi. He will stay with us and accompany us wherever we go. I hope that the knowledge that we, the commanders and fighters of the Duchifat, will always remember and remind Shlomi, will ease the pain a little. The Duchifat Battalion is always there. “The family wrote:” Shlomi loved the country and identified with the values of Zionism. His short life was filled with love and giving, and this is the legacy he left behind. “
