Shai, son of Smadar and Shimon Elkayim, was born in Be’er Sheva in 1990. On November 17, 2008, Shai was drafted into the IDF, and he began to become a soldier in the Givati Brigade. On the 19th of Tammuz (11.7.2009), Shai was killed in a car accident at the age of 19. He was laid to rest in the military cemetery on Mount Herzl, Jerusalem, leaving his parents, brother and two sisters.