Ben Ruti and Shaul. He was born on June 6, 1970, in Kibbutz Nir David, a grandson of the founders of the kibbutz, a second child to his parents, brother to Enav and Tomer, and his friends used to call him “Gilboa”. In November 1989, Oded enlisted in the IDF and chose to serve in a commanding course in the Nahal Brigade. In 1994, Oded was discharged from the IDF and went on a trip to South America, where he studied at the Coventry University in England at the Ruppin College, where he met Dovrat, who studied with him. He soon became an engineer in a high-tech company, and immediately after his discharge from the army, Oded was promoted to the position of deputy company commander in the reserves in the infantry battalion. Two years later, he was appointed commander of the battalion’s auxiliary company. In the course of his reserve service he received great appreciation from his subordinates and commanders, and his company was the battalion’s leading company. Following the wave of terror attacks in early 2002 and the attack on the Passover seder at the Park Hotel in Netanya, Oded’s brigade was recruited by Order 8 at the end of March 2002, ahead of Operation Defensive Shield. Despite Oded’s moderate political positions, which supported peace arrangements with the Palestinians with concessions, he enlisted wholeheartedly and went into battle fully conscious and in solidarity with his goals. Oded tried to instill this recognition among his soldiers. After a short training session, the brigade set out for operational activity in Jenin. For eight days, Oded’s battalion fought in the Jenin refugee camp. During the fighting, Oded commanded his soldiers with determination and discretion, in order to carry out the mission he was entrusted with in full, while preserving the lives of his soldiers, while maintaining ethical rules of conduct towards the local residents. On the 27th of Nisan 5762 (April 9, 2002) Oded fell in battle in Jenin. In a unit citation issued by OC Central Command Major General Yitzhak Eitan, he described the battle: “During the fighting in the Jenin refugee camp, as one of the forces advanced towards a house, fire opened from several directions towards the force. In the ensuing battle, thirteen commanders and soldiers fell. The soldiers of the force he encountered, and another force that came to assist in the operation, fought valiantly to rescue their injured comrades until they were rescued. Despite the casualties, the company continued to fight until the surrender of the refugee camp. The commander of the company, Oded, was killed in the battle of 12 of his soldiers: Captain Yaakov Azoulay, Captain Dror Bar, Lieutenant Eyal Yoel, Sergeant Major Sergeant Major Yossi Levi, Maj. Gen. Ronen Alshochat, Lt. Col. Amit Busidan, Lt. Col. Menashe Haba, Sergeant Shmuel Dani Meizlish, Sergeant Eyal Azouri and Lt. Col. Eyal Zimmerman . At thirty-two he was encouraged to fall. He was laid to restIn the military section of the cemetery in Nir David. Survived by his parents, sister, brother and wife. It was important for everyone to know how much Oded fought and how he led the fighting courageously, with determination to achieve the goal.Over the years, Oded took care of the soldiers’ Yesterday morning, in the narrow alleys of the refugee camp in Jenin, I was hit by an ambush laden with explosive charges and gunfire from a short distance of a few meters … “
