Kitai, David (Dudi)

David (Dudi), son of Tova and Gershon, was born on September 25, 1950 in Kibbutz Givat Brenner and attended elementary school and high school in the kibbutz. He was naturally silent and withdrawn, and as a student at the school, he rarely attended the talks. At the same time he was active and always when he asked, he was willing to participate in organizing and performing performances. According to his friend, it was known that appearances in which he participated would be successful. From his childhood he had a technical bent and used to dismantle and assemble mechanisms and build instruments. He liked how things worked and improvised various inventions. According to his classmates, he was stubborn and loved to argue and even enjoyed his ability to divert the debate in the direction he wanted; But he always insisted and did not give up. David was independent and independent of public opinion or society. He always behaved in the way of “the opposite,” sometimes just to see how his interlocutors react. He liked to prank and in class he headed the “rebels” and was the “tone-maker” mainly for tricks. He had a musical hearing and loved to sing. He was basically optimistic and cheerful. His shy smile, which was sardonic and not without sarcasm, did not leave his face even in difficult times. He was kind and his nephews loved his games with them. It was very difficult to talk to him, and especially he avoided talking about his life in the army and things in the Lev. He was a devoted son and a loyal brother, anxious for the safety of his parents and always reassuring and anxious not to be like them. David was drafted into the IDF in mid-November 1969 and was assigned to the infantry corps, where he completed a course in combat squadrons and was assigned to a battalion that dealt with operational activities. A sabotage unit in a patrol unit of the Armored Corps. He was proud to belong to the reconnaissance unit. After the liberation he began working in the “Rimon” factory in his kibbutz – Givat Brenner. He loved his kibbutz and his workplace, found a common language with the people and the workers and was loved by them. According to his supervisor at work, David was gifted with a great technical talent and with good hands. As a dedicated and punctual employee, he was appointed to a responsible position, and in the factory we planned to appoint him as the department head and send him to the Technion. When the Yom Kippur War broke out, he immediately joined his unit and participated as a noncommissioned officer in the battles in the Sinai Desert. Only after the battle had subsided did he agree to go to the rear. When he was riding in an armored personnel carrier that evacuated wounded people to the Laqken company, the APC was hit directly and David was killed and brought to eternal rest in the Givat Brenner cemetery, leaving behind his parents and three brothers. The bereaved commander wrote to the unit commander: “His actions and perseverance served us, his friends, as a source of strength. David was loved and accepted by his friends and commanders. “His kibbutz published a pamphlet in his memory, including the words of his family and friends about his character.