Elther, Shimon

Was born on 17 November 1961. His family moved to Haifa and Shimon began his studies at the Moriah State Religious School, where he attended the Sinai School for one year, He also moved to the Ironi Aleph School in June 1981, enlisted in the IDF, served in a transport base and took a course in truck drivers. Shimon was on his way home for a Shabbat holiday on June 12, 1981. He was traveling in a truck that had entered the pit in the base, and because of the sudden shaking, his personal weapon was dropped and a burst of bullets was fired, and Shimon was killed by a bullet that hit him. Who was buried in a military cemetery in Haifa and left behind his parents, three brothers and a sister, and his memory was commemorated on a marble box that the family donated to the Kiryat Tivon synagogue. Loving, devoted and loyal to his family. We lost a soldier and a friend who served as a model for the other soldiers of the unit. In the manner in which Shimon fulfilled his duties, his comfortable character, his decency and his devotion to his family and his comrades in the unit, you will find Nachumim. “