Menachem, Nimrod (Nimmi)
Nimrod (Nimi), son of Lily and Aharon, was born on 28.3.1953 in Kibbutz Hazorea. He attended elementary school in Kibbutz Hazorea and later went on to the “Shomria” school in Mishmar Ha’emek. Nimrod would shut himself up as a child and in his youth, he would work by himself and play alone, as if he feared the other. But in ninth grade, he started sports – swimming, running, and especially jumping. Then he was revealed with all his tenacity. He practiced hard and diligently until he won various competitions and was awarded certificates of excellence. Due to his high rank, he was one of the members of the “Hapoel” Hazorea volleyball team. After graduating from the 12th grade, he was sent to the Kiryat Hayim branch of Hashomer Hatzair to teach there. Before he left there, he read and studied extensively in order to “broaden his horizons.” At first, the city made it difficult for him, but gradually he became accustomed to his special atmosphere, and soon his students loved him, and they admired him very much. Nimrod was an avid photography enthusiast. “He had a very sensitive soul, and he loved pretty things, those things that are sometimes difficult to see in moments of arduous journey or training, those things that do not belong to the values of the army.” Nimrod was drafted into the Israel Defense Forces in early November 1971. He volunteered for the IAF, but was rejected for a flaw in his eye and then volunteered for the Golani Brigade reconnaissance unit, although he knew that he would have to work hard in this unit. In a battalion-ties course and in a course for “WL At every opportunity, he would pull out a book from there and read it. “Nimrod was very proud of his unit, and he did not say anything about it when he was in the army during the Yom Kippur War, Yom Kippur War Nimrod took part in the battle against the Syrians in the Golan Heights On October 12, 1973, Nimrod fell in battle on the slopes of Hermon, near the village of Khader, and the soldiers searched the area to purge it from commandos. A bomb fell from a Syrian plane and Nimrod was killed on the spot and he was brought to eternal rest in the cemetery at Kibbutz Hazorea, leaving behind a father, mother, brother, and sister. His commanding officer told him that during the Battle of Hermon “he was full of optimism and hope, and that he passed it on to his friends.” His parents published a pamphlet in his memory, and a pamphlet called “Reut Such” was published in memory of the fallen.