Ben Leah and Moshe. Born on 26.11.1983 in Ashdod, the youngest son of a family, brother to Limor and Guy, he studied at the Nof Yam Elementary School in Ashdod and at the Makif High School and Tomer, a modest and smiling child, loved life and loved Born and raised in a coastal city, he was very attracted to the sea and one of his hobbies was surfing, and was educated on the values of Zionism and love of the homeland and believed in uncompromising giving. At the age of sixteen, he began to talk about his desire to be a combat soldier and to serve in the front, where he trained in the gym and strengthened his muscles. He was stationed in Hebron and served there for several months, and the commander of the company said that he was a smart and serious fighter, and that Tomer had successfully formed an undercover unit and was preparing for an interview and had many hopes and plans for the army, : “He was very motivated. He never complained or complained. Fear was not in his lexicon. Quite the contrary, he thought ahead and talked about going out to the officers’ course. In case he did not succeed, he thought of a career in the police. “He wanted to be a man of law, it was his dream.” Tomer used to reassure his worried family members and in one of their last phone calls he said: “I do not understand why everyone is worried about me.” And spent a weekend with his friends in the north of the country: “We went hiking, rafting in the Jordan and we were at the discotheque. Tomer was happy. It was so fun, because it was the first time since the induction that all the guys went out for Shabbat. “Tomer managed to mark three years of friendship with Inbal, a few days before his nineteen birthday, his life was severed. (November 15, 2002) Tomer fell in a battle in Hebron, and Islamic Jihad terrorists positioned in an abandoned house on the Abu Sneineh hill, which controls the Worshipers’ Route, The IDF and the Border Guard, which had secured a large group of worshipers, marched on the road leading back from the Tomb of the Patriarchs to Kiryat Arba, where heavy exchanges of fire took place, Rescue forces Large forces of Magen David Adom and the IDF evacuated the wounded from the scene with helicopters. After two hours, the forces managed to break into the house where the terrorists were staying and killed them. In the ensuing battle, Tomer was killed, along with eleven other IDF soldiers, Border Police officers and members of the Kiryat Arba emergency squad: Colonel Dror Weinberg, Lieutenant Dan Cohen, Superintendent Samih Sweidan, Sergeant Shani Gad Rahamim, First Sergeant Itzhak Buenish, First Sergeant Igor Drobitsky, First Sergeant Yeshayahu Davidov, First Sergeant Alexander Yonatan Duchan, First Sergeant Netanel Machluf, First Sergeant David Marcus and First Sergeant Alexander Zvitman. Tomer was brought to eternal rest in the military cemetery in Ashdod. Survived by his parents, brother and sister. After his death he was promoted to the rank of Second Sergeant. Maj. Gen. Moshe Kaplinsky noted their striving for the contact of the fallen and the rescue of the wounded, which was carried out with courage and sacrifice. The chief of staff, Lieutenant-General Moshe Yaalon, said that the battle was fought in an admirable manner by fighters and commanders, with expressions of bravery and self-sacrifice.
