Son of Shim’a and Awad. Amnon was born on January 21, 1957 in Kfar Sava. Brother of Rachel, Leah, Rivka, Ephraim, Menashe, Yossi and Chaim. He grew up in Kfar Sava and graduated from ORT high school. On November 20, 1974, Amnon enlisted in the Israel Air Force, where he served loyally until his fall, and served in several positions and in several military frameworks, His work was very high, and Amnon’s mission was complete and professional, even if he was required to remain at the base for many hours, even at the expense of time with his family. Over the years he served for a number of years in Samaria, and a year in Lebanon during Operation Peace for the Galilee, which began in 1982. In 2000, Amnon combined In the course of his service Amnon advanced to the rank of senior sergeant, serving as a rescue driver at the Palmachim Air Force Base at the age of twenty-two, Amnon Married Yardena, and the couple set up their home in Rosh Ha’ayin, where they had four children: Liron, Shira, Maayan and Shilo, and Amnon was an exemplary father, although he usually left the house early in the morning when his children were still asleep. They had already turned to night, and sometimes came home only on weekends. Amnon compensated his children for his many absences, and spent every spare moment with them. Amnon and his wife chose to be a foster family, and in addition to their biological children, many children stayed for many different periods of time. In 1996, they received Eyal, a 100-year-old disabled man with cerebral palsy abandoned by his parents, and since then they have raised him with great love. Amnon was always available to Eyal, even in the middle of a very hard day’s work. Amnon fell when Eyal was nine years old, and Jordana continued to raise him with love. At home, Amnon liked to cook, especially Yemenite foods he knew from his parents’ home, such as fenugreek, soup, soup and other delicacies. He loved very much to entertain friends and to prepare generous feasts. Even when he served in a field unit he would go into the kitchen and prepare delicacies for the soldiers who served with him, or bring some fine foods and spices from home. Amnon was a pleasant, humane man, warm and full of the joy of life. He was usually surrounded by friends he knew from work, from the synagogue or from the many trips he took part in. Everyone knew him as a positive, pleasant, restrained and humble man who did not talk much, but when he spoke, he spoke with patience and patience and everyone listened to him. Amnon did not like to quarrel, and if a quarrel with someone would be a good ending, forgive and move on. Amnon greeted all his audience with a smile, and was always ready to help anyone. He used to help the needy, many of whom he did not know, and all without any expectation of change. More than once, thank-you letters arrived at his home. Amnon fell in the line of duty on July 27, 2005. He was brought to rest in the military section of the Rosh Ha’ayin cemetery, leaving a wife, four children, two granddaughters, a father and seven brothers and sisters. In the “Yeru’ot Shlomo” synagogue in Rosh Ha’ayin, which Amnon was one of its founders, a “Birkat haBelanah” marble plaque was placed in his memory on his entire wall, and each year the family produces holy books and memorabilia for Amnon’s soul.
