Ben Shoshana and Yosef. He was born on 8 August 1980 in Kiryat Malakhi, a young sibling and a graduate of the Eran School, where he began studying at the Harel Elementary School, , And in the fourth grade he was diagnosed as gifted, and Ophir went on to a junior high school and graduated from the Amit high school in Kiryat Malachi, in the biological track. He was a brilliant student, very successful in the matriculation exams, without much effort. Ophir devoted a lot of time to computer issues. During his high school studies and later, during his military service, he read books on programming, and intended to study computer engineering after his military service. Ophir was a humble and shy child, humble and humble. He had never been proud of his extravagant success. On the contrary, he had excelled at learning English, but when the teacher offered him a matriculation exam in the 10th grade he gave up claiming he wanted to audition with all his friends. During his studies in high school, and particularly in preparation for his matriculation exams, Ofir taught many of his classmates and helped them prepare for the exams. He was always a friendly and friendly boy, loved to help and liked the teachers and students. From an early age, he discovered writing talent, high articulation ability and mature thinking. Ofir wrote a lot, and mainly expressed himself in songs. In his poems, sadness and joy were mixed up as a reflection of his feelings. When he was in fourth grade, he wrote thriller and adventure novels, the fruit of his rich imagination. When he was in fourth grade, Ophir wrote the song “Flower Gold”: “A flower of gold / blooms slowly in his thoughts / dreams He already had / planted the tree of love / gold fence around the garden / in which he grows / This flower / Everyone has his body and soul / One ring announces the death of someone / And the flower moves into the body of another / The body of a newborn baby / A golden flower I will give to everyone / Together with one kiss / A flower of gold will never be stolen / Near the tree of love. Ophir was a curious boy and asked to investigate everything he encountered. He read many books and encyclopedias. In November 1998, Ophir enlisted in the artillery corps, but as a result of his mother’s health, he was transferred to the Intelligence Corps in the center of the country and after a few months of service as a meteorologist. Ofir is happy that he has been given the opportunity to experience many positions and to meet many people in different places, and when Ophir arrived at the base in Tzrifin he began working with Michal, who said: “From the very beginning I knew we would manage, and indeed, we had wonderful working relationships, wonderful chemistry. “Ophir’s commander, Col. Yaakov, writes:” Ophir served in my unit for almost a year, during which he made a donation Ophir was very motivated to fulfill every task he was given in the best possible way, at any time to provide an appropriate response and optimal service in the framework of his job.Ophir proved to us that there is nothing that stands in the way of the will, personal honesty, peace and calm that radiated, We all have a good atmosphere. ” On February 14, 2001, Ophir was killed in a terrorist attack at the Azor junction. That morning he did not manage to get the IDF employees to Tzrifin and took the bus with David Iluz to the Azor junction on the way to the bus station to Tzrifin base, which was run over by a terrorist who killed seven soldiers and one civilian. , Sergeant Racheli Levi, Sergeant Kochi Polonski, Corporal Alexander Manevich, R.Yasmine Karsi and Simcha Shitrit, who was twenty years old when Ophir fell, and was promoted to the rank of sergeant. Ophir left behind his parents, sister and brother. He was laid to rest in the military section of the Kiryat Malachi cemetery. Ofir and his friend David Iluz, two classmates and neighbors who served together and were killed together at the Azor junction, were laid to rest in a joint funeral attended by thousands of residents of Kiryat Malachi. The chief of staff, Lt. Col. Shaul Mofaz, wrote to the family: “Ophir was an excellent soldier with a high personal level, who performed his work with great devotion and to the satisfaction of his commanders. A wrong took him away from us, but his special image will be engraved in our hearts forever. ” Rachel Dahan, a friend, told Ofir: “A modest, honest, decent and decent man, with shame and lowered eyes, he asked for every request, respect the people, young and old alike.” “Of course, you are not with us, Ophir, but in our hearts, in our souls, inside us and in our midst will always remain, we will not forget,” Ophir’s sister wrote in a new reading. Your beautiful smile, shyness and humility, your infinite desire to learn, the great body and the beautiful face that could not withstand the terrible death. To commemorate his memory, his family donated a Torah library to the Shaare Zedek synagogue in Kiryat Malachi, and a computer room was established in the Harel elementary school where he studied.
