Makonan, Magos Moshe

Ben Ayahu (Ora) and Tarka (Tuvia). He was born on February 3, 1969, in a small village in the area of ​​Leste in Ethiopia. The second among five brothers. Moshe immigrated to Israel in 1984 and studied at the “Hofim” youth village in Acre. He was very devoted to his family and from an early age assumed responsibility for running the household and family affairs. He devoted all his time to caring for his elderly parents and caring for his brother, yet he kept his modesty and was very timid. At the beginning of October 1989, Moshe enlisted in the IDF and was appointed to the Israel Air Force, where he completed his military service with honors and immediately returned to his family and took command again. And her younger sister, Noy, who joined the family at the end of July 1999. Moshe was a devoted and loving father who supported his wife and daughters, and began working at the Beit Hashita olive factory, He was very pleased with his work and the staff, and these soon became his friends In late January 2002, Moshe was called up for reserve duty, and after a brief training at the Ofek base in Tiberias, he was sent to secure the Hamra settlement in the Jordan Valley, and he did not return to reserve duty. Was killed in the course of his duties on February 6, 2002. He managed to hold a last phone call with his wife and ask for the safety of his daughters, and promised that everything was fine with him. From Hamas. At about 8:00 PM an armed terrorist entered Hamra, after cutting the fence near the moshav’s greenhouses area. The terrorist lay down on the ground and shortly afterwards opened fire at passing vehicles. The patrol car that Moshe drove was the second vehicle hit by the terrorist’s fire. Moshe immediately responded with fire, but was mortally wounded by the terrorist’s shooting and later died of his wounds. At the same time, a reinforcement force arrived from the Nahal battalion, whose fighters fought with the terrorist, but managed to injure the company commander and another soldier and continued on his way to the Ohana family’s home in Miri Ohana, the mother of the family. Was shot dead by a force of a reconnaissance company of the 500th Brigade. Miri Ohana passed away on the way to the hospital, Yael Batah died a few minutes earlier, Moshe was thirty-three years old and he was taken to eternal rest. In the military section of Beit She’an cemetery, thousands of members of the Ethiopian community, residents of Beit Shean, comrades in arms and family members accompanied him on his last journey. The many sailors were the commander of the air force, Major General Dan Halutz, MK David Levy, the mayor of Beit Shean, Pini Kabalo, and former MK Adisu Masala, who left Raya and his two daughters, their parents and three brothers – Yosef, Gadi and Adi. “Moshe was a devoted, warm, loving and loving man, loved each other, respected every person, loved his surroundings, remained faithful to the Land of Israel which he so loved and for which he fell. Moshe will be remembered forever as a beloved and loving hero, and we will always follow his path. “