Son of Aliza Washer was born in Ma’alot on September 25, 1960. He completed his elementary studies at the Arazim School in Ma’alot, and at the recommendation of the school’s educational counselor was later sent to study agriculture at the agricultural boarding school in ” Kfar-Galim “near Haifa, which was a very successful choice, and he was very successful in everything he did, and was especially interested in the field of agriculture, and planned to continue studying the university’s agronomy After completing his military service, he was awarded the prize for excellence in his studies , And when he was in 11th grade he was awarded the title of the chosen student of the boarding school. To his father, who came to the days of the parents, the teacher would say: “What do you think you come here when your son is Shimon?” He was deeply involved in society and all the students loved him and respected him because of his easy temper, modesty, and good Lev. As a son of a large family of children, whose salary was sufficient for the living, Simon tried not to be a burden on his father. After graduating from high school, he went to work to finance his needs and even financed his own driving lessons. Shimon was drafted into the IDF in early February 1979 and asked to volunteer for the naval commando unit, but was assigned to serve in the engineering corps, after which he was sent to the Plasim course, He graduated with honors and graduated with a course in Engineering Engineering and graduated cum laude. Afterward, Shimon was sent to an officers’ course and was chosen as an outstanding trainee. He also graduated with honors from the engineering officers. He did not brag about his achievements, but when the picture was published in the newspaper of the town of Ma’alot, that an outstanding cadet was chosen for the officers’ course, the Ma’alot local council approved him and held a party in his honor. He was reluctantly led to a party and was swallowed up in the crowd. When he heard questions like “In honor of the party?” He did not respond. After being sent back to his regiment, he took charge of an undisciplined platoon, notorious for the entire battalion. Slowly, Shimon managed to consolidate his hard-core soldiers and turn the department into an outstanding member of the battalion. His soldiers loved him and appreciated him for serving as their example. He did not order them to do anything that he himself was not involved in doing. He respected his soldiers, treated them fairly and honestly, and knew when to be tough and critical and when to cheer and praise. His commanders pinned great hopes on him, planning to send him to a company commanders’ course and appoint him as an operations officer. Shimon still had eight months of service in the army, and he himself contemplated continuing his career in the IDF, but his ambition since his youth was to study agricultural engineering, settle in Maalot and help develop the town. Beirut, and fought in the village of Sil, where she was forced to locate a house from which fire was fired at our soldiers, Shimon gathered his soldiers in the deployment area, and suddenly they were hit by rocket fire and Shimon was wounded and killed on June 10, 1982. He was brought to rest in the cemetery in Nahariya and left behind his parents A letter of condolence to the bereaved family, Ariel Sharon, the then defense minister, wrote: “… his commanders admired him as a quiet, modest workman, an officer with excellent command ability, performed his duties at a very high level, Personally, he was superior. In the fall, the glorious future of a warrior, a commander, was lostAnd a citizen … “.
