Ben Hannah and Ilan. He was born on April 10, 1982 in Kfar Sava. Aviv was born two days after Seder night, early spring, hence his name. The eldest son of his parents, who received great attention and hours of games and trips, from his parents and extended family. A brother to Omer and Noa. Aviv was raised and educated in Kfar Sava, and began his studies at the Yitzhak Sadeh Elementary School, and in the third grade moved to Gordon School. Aviv studied in the first graduating class at the Bar Lev School and graduated from Katznelson High School with an extended matriculation in chemistry, physics and mathematics. At the end of 11th grade, Aviv passed a psychometric test with a high grade in preparation for post-army studies, and Aviv was a quick-grasp student, especially in the real professions, and excelled in his studies without much investment. In the YISI class (the gifted program at the Kfar Saba branch). In the high school yearbook he was defined as the “brain” of the class, and his friends wrote about him, “Aviv – I came, I saw, I went.” He loved to help others, and many friends owe him their high school diploma. As a child, Aviv loved to run wild and take out energy, he was not afraid to risk himself and was physically strong. This fact was translated in elementary school towards the basketball game, and Aviv became an active and outstanding player, and after a while he even played for Hapoel Kfar Saba. Over the years he grew into a sturdy young man rising to the heights, which contributed quite a bit to his basketball game. Aviv, a quiet, cynical, sharp-thinking boy, did not like to talk much. His motto was “Good, Bad and Ugly”: If you want to shoot shoot, do not talk. He loved to read and play on the computer, and traveled extensively in Israel and abroad with his family and friends, where he lived in England, where his uncles lived, and went on a tour to Rome with his father, Charming father and son. Over the years, with the great energy of spring being channeled towards basketball, he became more calculating, quiet and shy. Dorit, a classmate, says: “It was easy to talk to him because he was such a charming person … Aviv was shy, but shy, he spoke and said everything he wanted but to the right extent … that is, he always knew how to say the right things When I was upset he managed to make me smile and look at things in a positive way. ” Aviv’s younger brother, Omer, writes about the relationship between them: “You were always at my side when I needed something … When I had a question about everything, I did not hesitate for a moment and went straight to you for help because you always had the right answer. I always knew who to turn to – for you, spring. ” In July 2000, Aviv enlisted in the IDF, and he joined the engineering company in the Givati Brigade and joined the IDF’s engineering division, and despite the difficulties in serving in the Gaza Strip, he enjoyed the strong ties of the unit. , Captain Dolev, relates: “Aviv was one of the best fighters in the company, which was expressed in his professionalism, his comfortable character and the leadership he projected on his people. We loved Aviv and he loved us, the Ido team, the Dolev family, the Givati Brigade, and the military service. If Aviv had not been interrupted in the coming days, he would have gone to a squad commanders course and would have become one of our best commanders. “Indeed, although he had not yet passed a commanders’ course, Aviv’s commanders relied on his calm and calm, On 22 June 2001, Aviv fell in operational activity in the Gaza Strip. That day he left a nearby postDugit settlement for a tour with a team of fighters, when he commanded the patrol. He noticed a vehicle stuck in the dunes, which had been envisioned as an Israeli, and approached to offer help. The vehicle was a suicide bomber who blew himself up when the patrol arrived. Aviv was killed on the spot. With him was killed his tour, Sergeant Ophir Kit. In their deaths, the fighters prevented the terrorist from realizing his original intention – to reach the shore that rose and explode among the bathers. He was nineteen when he fell. After his death he was promoted to sergeant. Aviv was laid to rest in the Kfar Saba military cemetery. Survived by his parents, brother and sister. “The first line of the Givati anthem sums up his life,” Aviv’s mother wrote, “in front of the lights of sunrise and sunsets of spring” – in his life was like a shining light for those around him, and his death is the sunset of spring. On the 30th day of his spring death, his mother wrote: “Thirty days ago you joined the angels, my children, the flower in my garden, forever young, beautiful and wise, a huge missed opportunity of life, tall as cypress, head up, tough and gentle. It’s too early, you’re too early, you left us, Aviv – you still have not got enough time to live, and you’ve already been buried among clods of earth and flowers are covering you. Remain – memories, and sentences immortal as the words of the medic’s son, who was with you in your last moments and forever remember your eyes looking at the sky and their color as the sky. Fabric of our lives – unraveled wire spring. Spring, from top to keep the Omer and Noa and Dad. We love you. ” Zvika Bergstein, a history teacher from Kibbutz Hatzerim, served in the reserves with Aviv’s friends right after his fall and spoke to them a lot. After a while he took out a book containing a collection of stories describing the soldiers’ coping. The last chapter in the book was dedicated to Aviv and Ofir who were killed in the same event, and was read as part of ‘Spring Eve’, which was held to mark Aviv’s birthday after his fall. Aviv’s family produced a film to commemorate him, which is made up of family videos taken all along by Ilan, the father. The Blaise Squire community in London, where Aviv’s uncle and aunt’s friends donated an ambulance to commemorate him, and Aviv’s 20th birthday was marked by an ambulance to remind him of the Magen David Adom in Kfar Saba. The community also contributed to the YISHI project for gifted students in Kfar Sava, and every year a basketball tournament organized by Hapoel Kfar Saba takes place in memory of Aviv.
