Ben Ofra and Rami. He was born on 27.6.1984, a small brother to Matan. Assaf grew up in Yehud, studied at the Herzl elementary school and completed his high school in the interdisciplinary track. Assaf loved to study, and especially liked the real professions. He went to maturity in 5 units in the fields of mathematics, physics and English, which he graduated summa cum laude as well as the other subjects examined. Assaf was interested in historical subjects and was very knowledgeable about the history of the Land of Israel and the world. He loved traveling in Israel, especially in northern Israel, the Golan, the Sea of Galilee and the Galilee. In the last days of his life, he traveled extensively with friends around the country. Assaf was always surrounded by friends and the family home was known as a meeting place for the “gang”. Whether at the end of the studies, at the end of a test, and later on after enlisting, at every departure for a regular or “five”. Assaf was a talented, smiling, good friend, loved by his friends and those around him, modest, quiet, warm and loving, and a source of pride for the family. At the beginning of December 2002, Assaf enlisted in the Israel Defense Forces, and after serving as a combat soldier in the Armored Corps, he became a combat soldier in Brigade 7, Battalion 82. After training, he underwent an artillery course in the Merkava tank, followed by a platoon “Assaf, who was a fighter in his soul, preferred to remain in the Armored Corps, and after much hesitation he decided to leave the army. After completing about half of the army’s completion as an intelligence officer, Assaf decided to continue his studies at the Field Intelligence School, After being deposed, he returned to his great delight in the 7th Brigade Armored Corps, this time to the 75th Battalion, where he was integrated as a tank commander under the guidance of recruits in the Golan Heights. Assaf saw this role as very important and challenging, especially in motivating new recruits into the IDF. Upon completion of the training, on January 9, 2005, Assaf was asked to attend the training at Tze’elim. On the following day, on the 10th of Tevet 5765 (10 January 2005), Assaf fell in the line of duty and he is twenty-one years old. He was laid to rest in the Kiryat Shaul military cemetery. Survived by his parents and brother. Asaf’s friends eulogized him on his grave: “Assaf, three days have passed since we last saw you and we are still waiting, waiting for someone to come up and say, Kat, like this is another scene from a fictional film. “It’s as if the director of the film knew he had to shock the viewers in order to create the biggest drama, So he chose the most interesting character in the story, the most central of all and put it up – and now we are in the most suspenseful part of the film. The high point that none of the members or the family can grasp. I do not understand until the end, that for Asaf, this is the end of the film, and we have flashbacks of previous scenes that do not stop rising all the time. In all of them you always smile and know how to make a good atmosphere, even if everyone is tired and upset. “They never heard you say ‘no’ when they wanted to come to stay, and you always tried to give the guest a feeling that he was welcome, they never heard complaints from you, a bad word, under no circumstances. Waiting for the film to end. Not yet digested. Looking for the director to persuade him to repeat the script he chose. “Sometimes fate makes decisions that I do notUnderstand, then the whole world is turned upside down, no one understands how this happens … Apparently, when one person is so heavily energized and when she is gone … everyone feels her bitter absence. A feeling of suffocation and end grabs you in one moment and you just do not know how it is possible. And then there’s hope in the hearts of all of us that on Friday you’ll pick up the phone and say, ‘Nu … so we meet at the Knuckles Place for the Lord of the Rings marathon with art pieces?’ You said that if we saw the marathon without you, you would not talk to us alive! Apparently, it does not matter anymore … “Numkin, you are the charming and loving boyfriend that everyone wishes, and we have been privileged to share wonderful years with you.” Aspie, we still can not catch what happened, it all sounds like a bad joke and we’re waiting for your call He said: ‘I’m so sorry, it was all one big misunderstanding …’ “How can it be that you were with us for a single moment and you are full of life, smiling and laughing and for the second moment you’re no longer, how can it be that all we have left now? Is that some pictures and videos? “Aspie, you joined our group two years after it was formed. And yet you fit in so fast. You straightened us with your magic and warmth and honesty and constant smile and immediately forgot that you were not always part of us. “You always said that you were dead, that they were pure souls and there was nothing bad to say about them, and it’s hard to believe it, but here it’s true!” You’ve always been so good, you got along with everyone, you’ve never had an argument or a quarrel with anyone, only On Saturday you told us that you decide that you will not be the nice guy because you do not succeed in the world, and you’re going to make a complete change of image, and we laughed because we knew that even if you try, you just will not succeed … “Someone once said that the good people are fulfilling their mission The earth is fast, and God gathers them when they are young and sends them on a different mission, as much as we would like to believe it! “How could your story end here now, And you’re only 20, full of energy, with so many plans for the future ?! “Aspie, we love you and we will never forget you!
