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Kopito, Shimon (“Ozilal”)

Kopito, Shimon (“Ozilal”)


Son of Yitzhak and Henya. He was born on July 14, 1948, in Nicosia, Cyprus, while his parents were on their way to Eretz Israel in illegal immigration, and in 1949. He completed his studies at the elementary school in Ashkelon and then moved to Ramat Gan , Was accepted on the basis of his good certificate and without entrance exams to the ORT school, which was once a member of the Hanoar Haoved Vehalomed movement of the “Borochov” branch. He was quiet and intelligent and he graduated with high grades. He loved to help all because of his love for everything. In October 1965, he was drafted into the IDF and worked in tank mechanics, and he loved the army, the home and the homeland, while he was in compulsory service, and during the Six Day War he fell while he and his friends drove in a tank that was hit by an Egyptian tank. , June 26, 1969, was buried in the emergency military cemetery in Bari and was later transferred to the eternal rest of the military cemetery in Kiryat Shaul.

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