Dov (Dubi), son of Rachel and Abraham, was born on May 16, 1947 in Afula. He grew up and was educated in the capital of the valley and graduated from the district school. He was a member of the Gadna Aviation Club in Afula, and from childhood he dreamed of flying, he loved airplanes and gliders, he used to build models, and whenever the weather permitted it, he used to go out with his friends to practice so he spent time studying material about airplanes and their engines. Was a member of the Hapoel basketball team in Afula and soon became one of its best players, and he was known as a good-hearted, devoted, sympathetic and exemplary friend, and was drafted into the IDF at the end of July 1965 , After taking the tests he was sent to a pilot course. But how great was his heartbreak when he was not in the first stage of the course and had to leave. The dream he had dreamed of in his childhood had suddenly been shattered, and although he had never ceased to deal with gliding in his vacations and in the field of aviation at all, he had found himself outside the longed-for course. He volunteered for the Armored Corps, completed an Armored Corps course and was ordained as a Patton driver, and in March 1966 he was sent to a tank commanders course. In the Six Day War, Dubi fought as a tank commander on the Sinai front and in the battle for the conquest of Kantara he was wounded. After recovering from his injuries, he was offered a different corps and a more convenient position, but he fought with all his might, underwent many treatments and succeeded in restoring his high medical profile and remaining in the corps. Throughout the period of his service, even during periods of pressure in training and operations, he did not abandon the hobby of photography. He immortalized the spectacular views of the Negev and his photographs attest to a sensitive soul and a deep sense of beauty and originality. In the release certificate he was told: “An excellent commander, with excellent ability to execute, disciplined and loyal to the tasks he was assigned, participated exceptionally in the Six-Day War and incidents in the Suez Canal.” In mid-July 1968, Dubi was released from regular service in the IDF Three months after his release, he was admitted to an X-ray technician’s course at Kaplan Hospital where he met Dorit, who worked in the hospital, while Afula did not forget her high-end basketball player In 1971, after his marriage with Dorit, the two went to work at the hospital in Afula and Dubi participated in his team’s games as a player and coach, and in 1973 he took a basketball training course at the Wingate Gymnasium and began coaching the Hapoel youth teams in Afula and the group Dubi was an exemplary husband, a son who loved his parents and a friend admired by all his friends. He was very fair and honest, and was willing to understand the other person, and was an excellent guide to his students, and an excellent technician who had a high reputation in the X-ray department of the hospital, his colleagues admired his professional knowledge and the patients appreciated his attitude. When the Yom Kippur War broke out, Dubi was sent to the front with his battalion, to a region well known to him, for he had fought there only seven years earlier. He left the house with a good spirit and full faith in victory. He participated in the braking battles against the Egyptians, and in the battle that took place on the 8th of Tishrei 5740 (8.10.1973), in an assault on the region of Firdan, the battalion encountered fire from all kinds of weapons. The battalion fought back and the tank was hit by the tank and killed. He was brought to eternal rest in the Afula cemetery. Survived by a wife and daughter (born after his death), parents and brother. After his fall, he was promoted to First Sergeant.
