Ben Karina Wague. Born in the city of Yerevan, Armenia, to the family of Susan in the summer of 1990. David immigrated to Israel with his family in the summer of 1990. His family lived in various places, including in Be’er Sheva, Ashkelon, Bat Yam and Tel Aviv. At the Gordon Elementary School in Bat-Yam, he is remembered for being a well-behaved, polite, quiet and calm child, and as a well-known conductor of leading orchestras around the world and an admired pianist David was also interested in music and played the piano and guitar. And many of his free hours were dedicated to the computer, but also to friends, who called him “pix” and “melvig”. “David wanted to do only good for the people,” Dudu said of his outstanding qualities, and in 1998 his uncle, sister and mother returned to Armenia, where David graduated from high school and was accepted to higher education at the Polytechnic Institute, but his love for Israel did not diminish. The second to study at the university, to leave school and return to Israel in order to enlist in the IDF. David was determined to serve in a fighting unit – “only for Givati and only for combat,” says one of his relatives. His mother and sister also returned to live in Israel. On March 12, 2007, David enlisted in the IDF, underwent basic training and began the combat path of the Givati Brigade, served in the Tzabar Battalion, participated in many operational activities and dealt with all the difficulties and dangers without complaining. , Who was highly motivated and believed in the rightness of the road, and his friends in the unit liked and admired him very much, and gave him the nickname “Papi.” Sergeant David Papian fell in battle in the Gaza Strip on April 16, A powerful explosion was heard near the area of Kibbutz Be’eri, and the Givati forces that were called to locate a terrorist squad began attacking it. Ha fire at the soldiers. Large IDF forces were dispatched to the area and instead of heavy fire was exchanged. Five soldiers were wounded, among them David, who was critically wounded. The medical forces gave the victims initial treatment in the area, and the wounded were transported by helicopter to the Soroka Hospital in Be’er Sheva. The doctors’ efforts to save David as his own, and he died of his wounds. With him fell his comrades in the unit Sergeant Menashe Elbinat and Sergeant Matan worked. David was twenty years old when he fell. He was laid to rest at the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem. Survived by parents and sister. “David was a devoted, loyal, courageous, and outstanding soldier, just like commanders like you, we are looking for – modest, intelligent, intelligent and kind to their soldiers, I salute you,” said Lieutenant Colonel Oren Zinni. The harsh events in Gaza were extensively covered in the print and electronic media. Many articles have illuminated the image of David, who chose to immigrate to Israel alone and sacrificed his life for it. Web sites have written many responses from surfers who expressed their identification with the family pain. One of them wrote: “Dear brother, cannon, king! David came to Israel from Armenia specifically to serve in my midst … A person who looked at him from the outside would think he was a Superman … There was nothing they would tell him to do and he would not, He would have accepted him with a smile, never argued, and the harsh things, for you it never seemed to be difficult, it was a trait of kings, I had no other way of defining this person. , A few hours before, we sat in the company, you played the guitar as you always loved so much, and probably, like everything else,. We laughed, we talked, and a few hours later you went and unfortunately you did not come back. It is not perceived. How can it be without you? How do you deal with such a huge loss? how? I will never forget you, dear brother. “On the eve of Memorial Day, IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi laid the national flag on David’s grave:” As the commander of the Israel Defense Forces, The first flag on the grave of the last space buried here on the Mount of Remembrance – Mount Herzl, the symbol of David Papian z “l. And in doing so, I will ask, on behalf of all the IDF soldiers and commanders, together with the bereaved families, a prayer: May the line of fallen be longer. ” David, whose music was in his soul, is commemorated in various musical establishments. The “David Foundation” established by his father works to commemorate his memory and awards scholarships to outstanding musicians. On May 13, 2008, the Jewish National Fund held a concert with the Ashdod Symphony Orchestra, dedicated to David’s memory. Concert No. 4 in the Chamber Series of the Raanana Symphonette Orchestra was called “Mizmor L’David”, and all proceeds from it were dedicated to the David Foundation. The program, conducted by Vag Papian, was performed by Beethoven, Brahms, and Liszt. On January 31, 2009, the David Foundation and the Yanshuf Association held an Israeli wind instrument club, a recital concert in memory of David, with the participation of the Rehovot Classic Orchestra. Rita Vinokur, director of the Department of Music Culture at the Rehovot Municipality, said: “The audience that filled the cluster hall to the fullest, listened to the impressive and moving orchestra of Papian, took part in the family’s pain and embraced it with its very presence.” Another musical evening in memory of David took place on July 16, 2009, with the participation of the Ashkelon Chamber Orchestra.
