Ghanem, Egwood
Ben Fatma and Samih. He was born on February 3, 1973 in the village of Sajur. He is the son of a large Druze family, the third of eleven brothers and sisters. Egwood attended elementary school in Sajur and continued high school in Brahma, where he studied in the theoretical track. At the end of his studies he requested to continue to the pedagogic reserve and was accepted to a college for training Arab teachers in Haifa, where he completed his studies in the Hebrew teaching track and received a B.Ed. Egwood was intelligent, ambitious and determined, seeking to use his skills to promote himself and contribute to the state. This was evident in the letter he wrote to the secretariat of the committee for academic reserve, from which he asked to approve his studies. Among other things, he wrote: “Your ruling will be a fateful decision that depends on you … My hope is to open up new horizons of interest and encouragement … I can contribute more to the army.” When he completed his studies, he was drafted into the IDF at the end of February 1992 and served in the Intelligence Corps as a translator, and he was appointed as a model soldier who performed his duties with great responsibility and was an example of his other colleagues. On July 1, 1996, Egwood was critically injured in a car accident in the village of Beit Jann, who was at home for army leave, wanted to help his family with farm work and drove a tractor, but suddenly lost He was rushed to the Rambam Medical Center in Haifa and was unconscious eight days later, on the 21st of Tammuz 5756. 7.1996, died of his wounds. He was twenty-three when he died. He was laid to rest in the cemetery in his village. Survived by parents, four brothers – Anwar, Munir, Jawad and Majid and six sisters – Rasha, Nibal, Maha, Majda, Nur and Hanan. In a letter of condolence to the bereaved family, Chief of Staff Amnon Lipkin-Shahak wrote: “Ajod has stood out for his integrity, his fairness and his willingness to help and help those around him at all times. Was popular among his commanders and friends. The IDF salutes Ajjud and the entire Druze community for their work in our common struggle for national security. “The commander of the unit where he served wrote to his family:” Ajodod served in the unit since July 1994. During this period we learned to appreciate and love him because of his personal qualities and his great willingness to help everyone , No matter what field. Egwood, like his brother Anwar, served in a small intelligence unit, which is attended by the best members of the Druze community, after a long and demanding screening route. Egwood, as a member of the unit, was in the process of selection and excelled during his service. This distinction led him to serve as a team leader, a position he filled with honors. … In the funeral procession, one of Egwood’s friends said that God took the best of us, and he must have been right. God took Egwood, who was one of the best soldiers in our lives, “the beautiful flower in the flowers,” as his friends put it: “Ajod’s family commemorated his memory at the Amichai base where he served on the Carmel ridge, A marble rock with a polished interior engraved with sentences in memory of Egwood, the family also erected a corner in his memory at the base club with pictures and eulogy at his funeral.
