The eldest son of Orna and Peter. Ronen was born in Israel on February 15, 1970. Two years later, Shirley was born, and seven years later Tomer was born, and Ronen’s first year of life – affectionately called “Roncho” by all – passed through Lod. The family moved to Rehovot, where Ronen grew up and began elementary school, when he moved to Ro’i in the Jordan Valley at the age of eight, and Ronen continued his studies at the regional Regev elementary school in Moshav Hamra. The children in the moshav were wonderful, his parents said: he usually walked barefoot, and when they went to the city he had to look for his shoes under the house, where the dogs were Ronen used to play guitar, and he spent many hours building airplanes according to assembly sets, and used to hang his works in the yard or over his bed. From an early age, Ronen was an excellent student, a bookworm who loved to read encyclopedias and studied entire fields independently, and was accepted to the prestigious Boyar High School in Jerusalem, where he studied at the boarding school. Classes. “Ronen became a member of the school,” said Ronen, who was a member of the boarding school: “Ronen became a member of the school, quickly and quietly, and with the power that characterized him. Many of the Jerusalem students and used to stay with them in the after-school hours, in addition to the ties of his courageous friends with his friends in the boarding school. ” In the yearbook of the boarding school, Ronen wrote: “Although there were problems, and indeed, not everyone is nice, I did not know what I was going to do, but if I had the choice again, I would come back here again.” Ronen enlisted in the IDF on January 2, 1989. He served in the Israel Air Force as a combat officer and as an electronic warfare officer, and after his discharge from the IDF, Ronen applied for law and business administration at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya. During his studies, the army pressed him to return to regular service in the field of electronic warfare. He was offered an interesting position and Ronen returned to service, continuing his academic studies. Ronen returned to the army and quickly integrated into the unit. His commanders described him as a responsible and professional officer who stood out in every field and was the mainstay of his unit. He had always demonstrated determination and leadership ability, influenced everything by his own peace of mind and was acceptable to his commanders and friends alike. During the service he was promoted to captain. “The soldiers of the division were in front of him / We will miss,” said Ronen. “He was in a warm hat / blue-eyed officer, a war fox / the elders of the reservists who still remember him. Ronen knew Nira in 1995. Their love for the pancreas quickly, and about three months after they met, they moved in. Ronen knew how to show romantic gestures, Nira said. , He used to leave her notes with a warm and loving personal message and gave her plenty of warmth and love, Ronen was a leader by nature, Nira added, Among his many roles – Son of and his brother, a partner, a student and an army man – he was a true friend with a sweeping personality, many of whom loved to stay with him. Along itAnd breadth. On all trips Ronen proved himself to be reliable on any subject, and as Nira puts it: “If you get lost, you’re welcome.” After three and a half years together the couple decided to marry. Ronen and Nira were born in the same month, February, a few days apart – and so they set a date for the wedding that will take place a few days before Nira’s birthday. Ronen fell in the course of his duty on 20.10.1998, a few days after he and Nira met with the parents to begin planning their wedding, at the age of 28. He was laid to rest in the military cemetery in Rehovot, leaving his parents, sister Ronen was promoted to the rank of Major: “Our beloved is with us forever, a star with no resemblance, as a radiance spread your wings to fly …” In a certificate of appreciation and honor in memory of Ronen, Major General Yehuda Segev, A man in the IDF: “Ronen saw his service as a mission and carried it with devotion and love, always devoted and devoted to increasing the strength of the IDF and nurturing its spirit, Gad eyes. The contribution of his life was great. The mission of his life was cut short upon his death. The IDF will preserve its memory. ” On the first day of the fall of Ronen, his friend Asi wrote: “I dreamed that everything had returned to the scene, and you suddenly came back to me and told me: ‘Get up,’ and I did not understand, I was pretty shocked. We went far and I did not care, the main thing was to be together and even a little more. “In the end, when you arrived, you showed me a place and said that you would build your first home here. We talked about a wife and a couple of kids and about playing a lot of games, you were Simcha and you had a look that was always shiny, not because it was late … We got home tired from the journey, Then you suddenly called and said you had to leave, and I shouted, ‘Wait, you can not just disappear, what am I supposed to tell everyone?’ “I’m sorry, I’m really late, and another one asked me to tell the little girl that I loved her so much.” Ofra, who was Ronen’s mentor at a boarding school in Jerusalem, wrote: “He walked slowly among us, with the measured footsteps of a tiger, with a halo of beauty and power enveloping him and he does not know it. , And we have left issues here looking up, in vain. ” Ronen’s mother wrote: “I stand on the ground sanctified with blood / silently reflect on the mystery of human life / streams of pure blood gathered the earth into it / my voice, the voice of the crying mother. He is torn, so is his Lev / his head is wild, and his pain is great. ” “Our family, the people of the opposite mirror, continue to function as ants loyal to their mission, but inside the feeling inside, inside the box of truth, there is great distress and pain, it is hard to look into the box of pain, She is always there, enveloping us, and we mourn your death and miss … The years that have passed have no meaning … The feeling does not let go, on the contrary … You are Ronen Son of, brother, brother-in-law and dear uncle. A separate love from the world of life, a world of Simcha young adulthood and colors, you have gone to another unknown world, for you a short break, but for us it will never end. We are close to you and understand that the time of Yahad will never return, and we will have nothing but longing and memory.Be your soul heaven “
