Ohayon, Idan

The eldest son of Delia and Zion. He was born on the 17th of Adar 5745 (17.3.1985) in Hadera. A brother to dance and a hero. Idan grew up and was educated in Kibbutz Ein Hahoresh. In the second grade he moved with all his classmates to study at the new regional elementary school “Yuvalim” that was established in Givat Haim. He continued his studies at the “Shachar” junior high school and graduated with the Ma’ayan High School. In high school he studied advanced studies in technology and biology (5 units) and in English and translation (7 units). In his spare time he worked in the dairy barn of the kibbutz, was considered a responsible and dedicated worker, and from the eleventh grade he was in charge of milking duty. To an antiaircraft and placed in a d battery. Idan served as a combat soldier in the “Golan” battalion and carried out many operational activities on the northern border of the country and in Judea and Samaria. The last activity he took part in was the Etzion sector. On 7.4.2005, he successfully completed a course for identifying aircraft, and in December of that year the NCO had a battery instruction, a position he performed with responsibility, with precision and with admirable seriousness. Idan even volunteered to be in charge of the war room, especially when the battalion carried out complex operational activities, which he did in a pleasant manner, with a modest smile and with the proper professionalism that he enjoyed. (9.7.2006), about three weeks before his discharge from the IDF, Staff Sergeant Idan Ohayon fell in the line of duty at the age of twenty-one and was laid to rest in the cemetery in his kibbutz, Ein Hahoresh, left behind his parents, sister and brother.