Har Zion, David

Son of Baba and Tova. He was born in Tehran in 1951. His family immigrated to Israel in 1951. His parents were able to give their son a good education and even vocational training, and together with his regular studies they raised him to love Israel and fulfill his national and civic obligations. The Alkalai Elementary School in Kfar Shalem and the “Shevach” Municipal Vocational High School in Tel Aviv, where he was a member of the Gadna youth movement and was active in it and participated in trips, work camps and other activities of the club members. David was drafted into the IDF in August 1965 and was assigned to the Ordnance Corps as a car electrician, but he did not find his place in this corps and volunteered for a combat unit. After completing certain courses he was awarded the rank of sergeant. He took a parachuting course, participated in the Six-Day War, and completed his regular service in a paratroopers unit. After his discharge from the army, David began to work on a tractor, because he wanted to establish himself materially and help his parents and his home. In those days there was a great demand for tractors and this was an opportunity to find a quiet and comfortable workplace. But David’s lively character, who was a sergeant and a parachutist, did not fit this place of work and did not fit his security consciousness. David “the citizen” knew no rest in the city. He went down to the Jordan Valley and lowered his tractor with him, in order to continue fulfilling his duty to his people and his country by fortifying and fortifying them. On the 13th of Tishrei 5769 (25.9.1969) he fell during the shelling of an enemy. He was laid to rest in the military cemetery in Kiryat Shaul. His memory was included in the newsletter of the professional municipal high school “Aleph”; Pages in his memory were written by his family; About 400 books were distributed to commemorate his name; A Torah scroll in his name was placed in the synagogue of the “Shoshan HaBira” prize in Neveh Shalem in Tel Aviv.