Nagar, Shlomi (Shlomo)

Son of-Yona and Meir, was born on June 6, 1966, in Hadera. Shlomo began his studies at the Arlozorov Elementary School in Hadera. He continued to study for two years at the Amal school and moved to the Neurim boarding school where he completed his studies in mechanical equipment. He was handsome and tall. He loved sports of all kinds, especially diving and deep-sea fishing. From childhood, Shlomo was discovered to be socially oriented and had a great deal of social activity around him. He was cheerful, he loved to sing and dance, and in his life-spirit he caught up with everything around him. When he fell in the upper grades, we met him as a mature and serious boy – maturity, seriousness and responsibility were qualities that preceded his development – modest, quiet and unobtrusive in his own way, with lines of tenderness continuing and forming in him. He was a ballet, with several more students, above his peers. ” In July 1984, Shlomo enlisted in the IDF and volunteered for the Shayetet, the only one that appealed to him, but he did not survive the training exercises, and Shlomo wanted to move to an elite combat unit, to the Golani Brigade or to the Paratroopers. And in the end he was given a positive response to his request, and was already involved in bad relations with his comrades in the Ordnance Corps, and his loyalty to the members with whom he worked was of supreme importance.In March 1985, And immediately stood out. He was up. Entered me for an interview with Zahrani and told the story of his short life. A normal childhood of a member of a family rooted in her room, the so-called ‘Yaffa Land of Israel’. The army came out of a sense of mission and mission, served voluntarily and wanted to serve as a combat soldier, to be at the forefront … the place of service did not seem to him. He wanted to be combatant. I tried to explain and persuade, and he agreed to be satisfied, only on condition that every mission outside the unit he went out. I put him in the Zahrani company. I told the company commander about the new soldier who came to him, and I defined him as ‘walking Zionism.’ ” On Sunday, 17 Adar 5745 (10.3.1985), Shlomo returned from a Shabbat holiday, where he spent with his family to his base in Lebanon. He traveled in a safari truck with a group of soldiers, who also returned from a Shabbat holiday. Near the village of Marjayoun, a car bomb drove by a suicide bomber, and near the truck exploded. The truck was blown away. The twelve soldiers were killed, including Shlomo. He was 19 years old when he died. He was laid to rest in the Hadera military cemetery. Shlomo left behind his parents, two brothers and a sister. Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin wrote in a letter of condolence to his family: “Shlomo gave his life for his homeland, he did his job well, volunteered for every mission, helped his friends, was a loyal friend, loved by everyone.” The commander of his unit wrote to his family: “Shlomo was a highly motivated soldier, with a special sense of humor, who fulfilled his duties to the satisfaction of his commanders, a friend who greatly helped his friends,