Peretz, Alon

Ben Tzippora and Yitzhak. He was born on 6 May 1976. He studied at the Bar-Ilan elementary school and went on to junior high school at the Ben-Gurion School in Herzliya, and at the same time Alon was a member of the Bnei Akiva “and later a counselor at the local community center. Alon completed his high school studies at the Technical College of the Ordnance Corps. In July 1994, Alon enlisted in the IDF and served as a mechanic in the Intelligence Unit, where he continued to serve as a mechanic in the camp near Gaza. Alon loved the army and his service. He always came to work on time, showed great motivation and excellent workmanship. Sharp and punctual in all his actions, wanted to do as much as possible on every task, and yet the smile and good humor did not leave him for a moment. From the time he became commander, he took care first of all for his soldiers and their needs, and only afterwards for himself. Michal, a NCO who served with him, told him: “An amazing person, radiant with joy and good heart. A commander who also functions as a father, a mother and a friend, and is a personal example of his soldiers. “Alon met Michal in 1996, and about two years later they married and established a home in Rishon Letzion, where their son Matan was born at the end of 1999, and two years later he was born in Neveh. , And came home twice a week, but he knew how to combine family life with military life, he was a loving husband and a devoted father who enjoyed seeing his family smiling and happy in their lives, Alon was very fond of music, and as a young man he played in the band and was nicknamed “Elvis.” He used to write pieces that He also held a personal diary during certain periods, and during his spare time he took part in various sports activities, and he was laid to rest at the military cemetery in Rishon LeZion on 6.8.2002, Left behind a wife, two children, parents and two brothers: “It’s hard to speak in the past and say farewell words to the same oak who always looked after his soldiers as if they were his children. You have always seen the common good before your own good, and you knew how to make friends, respect them, and give them everything you could to make them happy and make them good … You always knew to be in the right place at the right time for everyone who needed you. “The army chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Moshe Ya’alon, wrote to the family:” Alon’s commanders testify that he was against a person of high abilities and that he performed his duty independently , While constantly striving to help and help his colleagues and colleagues. Alon was described as a person with a high personal level, smart and serious, who was always attentive to the problems of those around him. The heart aches for the death of a talented counter and a wonderful man who was one of the pillars of the unit. “