Nissim, Ohad (Dedi)

Ben Aviva and Isaac. He was born on the 2nd of Sivan 5737 (23.5.1974) in Ashdod, where he spent his childhood and adolescence, and began to embroider his dream and become an actor – from his childhood a sympathetic fan of his sense of humor and love for adventures and tricks, He began his studies at the Re’im Elementary School and continued at the Comprehensive High School in Ashdod, where Ohad was always at the center of the company and planned for his friends to spend their Friday afternoons and their trips. His sensitivity and his ability to find the best and the most beautiful in everything. “From a young age, Ohad dreamed of standing on stage and playing – being a famous actor. In the elementary school and later in the high school, he was at the center of the performances and ceremonies, and when he set up the municipal theater in Ashdod, Ohad rushed to join him and performed at various events in the city, including “Tuvia the Milkman” and “Chachamim Chelm”. A fan of the Habimah theater’s youth group participated in the plays of Hanoch Levin, one of Ohad’s friends in the game workshops, who said that immediately when he got on the stage, his uniqueness and great talent were evident … Another friend wrote a poem in which he told about the countless characters and faces he replaced Spot light. During the productions he was a devoted and devoted fan, gave his all and was always ready to lend a helping hand. Before his enlistment in the IDF, Ohad went through the screening tests for the IDF theater, but when he realized that because of his high profile he would not be allowed to join him, he decided to volunteer for the paratroopers. At the end of November 1992, Ohad joined the paratroopers. About the difficulties that the service presented to him, intensified with his sense of humor and optimistic vision. Later in his service, he went to the paramedics course, and at the end of the route he was placed in the auxiliary company of the Paratroopers Brigade. Ohad studied the paramedics profession, he practiced again and again in order to reach the best professional level. In patients and wounded, Ohad treated with infinite devotion and great human warmth. Ohad fell in battle in Lebanon on Tuesday, September 9, 1994. He was twenty years old when he fell in combat. Ohad was buried in the Ashdod military cemetery. Survived by his parents and two brothers – Gil and Ran. “Ohad was an example of the quality of the people who come to the paratroopers,” Ohad’s commander wrote, “a young man who just finished high school and decided, despite many temptations, to volunteer for hard service in the Paratroopers. There was something in him that called on him to go and volunteer for the paratroopers. Ohad was a great friend, an outstanding medic and a courageous fighter. … We remember Ohad as he was smiling, self-assured, modest and a wonderful person. “