Elad (Eidelman), Ehud

Son of Baruch and Hannah. He was born in Kfar Sava on Sunday, 22.5.1936, where he completed his studies in the Ussishkin elementary school and later in the Katznelson High School, and was a member of the Hanoar Haoved movement. To the IDF and completed his regular service. Afterward, with great hopes and a brilliant future in the IDF, he joined the regular army in the Armored Corps and was a veteran commander and officer in the IDF. As part of his service, he studied in Europe and the United States, and his personality was exemplary in his battalion. At the outbreak of the Six-Day War, his courageous behavior was exemplary in his assault on the Egyptian alignment at the Rafiah junction and his tank raced at the head of the attacking tanks. In the same assault, he was wounded but nevertheless continued to fight and command the unit. He continued to command and fight in the Zweid shack in Sinai, and his tank was then hit by two cannon shells. He was wounded in the hands and face. In this situation, he continued to the Jirdi post where one of the bitter battles of Armored Corps took place. Ehud’s tank suffered another direct and fatal blow, and when half of his body was exposed to enemy fire, he died. It was on the first day of the fighting, June 26, 1967. He put down a wife. He was buried in the military emergency cemetery in Bari and was later taken to eternal rest in the Kfar Sava cemetery. Ehud was praised by the Chief of Staff for his courage and devotion to the target, and at the time he fell to the rank of Major, and was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel. He was able to expertly solve every problem that arose and to remove any malfunction as if he were a professional armament. Who knew very well what he wanted of himself, his subordinates and even his commanders, was always a personal example, and so was his battle. In the first issue of the Be’er Sheva weekly (“Here is Beer Sheva”), in the “Honor for the Fallen – Condolences for Families” section, an article was published about him in the “Portrait” section of the same monthly magazine. Artzi, “a record sung by Ran Eliran and written by his brother Gideon, a member of the Hatzarim farm, during an investigation in 2017 that updated the chief of staff’s citation to Homer.