Eshed, Omar

Ben Tali and David (Itzko), brother Lanir, grandson of Yehudit and Dov Zeira and Miriam and Yitzhak Itzkovitz. He was born on 26.11.1978 in Petah Tikva. Omer studied at the Brenner elementary school, the Shazar junior high school and the Katznelson high school in Kfar Saba, and his grandparents said: “Omar was a boy who brought back warmth and love to those who loved him. As we grew older, we discovered a boy who was aware that there were different opinions about life, and was not willing to accept everything for granted. He helped the family at all times. With a sense of humor. “When he enlisted in the IDF in November 1997, he wrote in his diary:” I joined the paratroopers, I fell in love with the army and the Paratroops in particular. Omer served in Battalion 202 in November 1997, platoon 2. In September 1998, he sent a letter from his friend Kati to Lebanon: “Everything is good here. On the last phone call he said to his mother, “Mother, I received an interesting and charming job. On the 2nd of Tishrei 5759 (21.9.1998) Omar fell in operational activity in Lebanon while serving as the deputy commander of the squad and leading the Nakpadon to the ambush position in the central sector on the Lebanese border from a cliff bordering the northern part of the Litani river, From the Taibe post), during a dark night, during an “ironing”. The position, next to the banks of the cliff, towards an artichoke ambush, the Nakpadon deteriorated and fell from a height of 350 meters to the Litani river. Due to difficult topographical conditions, the helicopter that arrived could not rescue Omar and the force rescued him on foot. The rescue operation took place on a dark night without illumination, in an area that had been observed by the terrorists and lasted from 23:30 until the following afternoon. Omar was laid to rest at the military cemetery in Kfar Sava and is twenty years old. After his fall he was promoted to sergeant. Survived by his parents and brother. Omer’s friends write: “You were more than a friend, we did everything together, you went to the army with a smile, you loved the army and you did not have one complaint.”