Rosenthal, Nathaniel-Nati

Ben Esther and Michael. He was born on November 10, 1974 in Tel Aviv. Nati is named after his grandfather – Nathan. His parents saw him as the continuation of the family dynasty, many of whom perished in the Holocaust. His parents added the suffix “El” because he came to the world after many years of waiting for a child. Nati was a smiling baby, alert and active. When he was a year old, his sister Orit was born, to which he was very attached and which served as a role model for her. As a child, Nati had become a major part of his family’s life. He grew up and was a good and devoted son to his parents, regularly visiting his grandparents and helping them with great love. He began his studies in Rishon Letzion, where he graduated from the fourth grade. His family then moved to Herzliya, where he studied for one year at the Ben Tzvi Elementary School in the city and later moved to the Lev Tov School. In the eighth grade, Nati considered going to the military-real boarding school in Haifa, but eventually chose the “Rishonim” high school in Herzliya, in the chemical track. Nati grew up in a variety of fields of specialization, Bible studies and expanded chemistry, and he was an outstanding student, and his teachers loved him and praised him. He was energetic, active and involved in social events, was gifted with a sense of humor and was characterized by a smile at the corner of his mouth, a smile, a smile, a smile, Captivating, with a warm look that expresses the joy of life in it He played sports and basketball, was a swimmer and surfwriter, loved history and read a lot of documentary books. He liked to listen to music and to watch movies, and he began to work at the young age, earning money on his room, having principles on which he stood and how he believed he should go. He was older than he was and knew how to make the most of himself, in every field. Even though he was a secular man, he observed mitzvot and used to pray every night and thank God for another day in the world. In the 10th grade he participated in the “Personal Commitment” project and volunteered in the Neveh Israel Library. He received a certificate of excellence for this activity. A year later he got to see the world flying with his family for a trip to Europe. When the Gulf War broke out, Nati was seventeen. He volunteered to distribute gas masks and later participated in picking bananas, without expecting any compensation for his help, and he was simply satisfied with the help he received from others. Yuval Eilam in Herzliya and Shaked for improving his physical fitness, and he looked forward to the future after his discharge and planned law studies and business administration. After infantry basic training, he underwent advanced training in an anti-tank unit. And was trained as a warrior. Nati was stationed in the “Raven” company of the Golani Brigade and is considered an excellent fighter. He stood out as a leader and became the mainstay of the team and the company. After a year and seven months of arduous trajectory, he completed the course of the commanders of “Raven”. Nati made his military career proud and responsible. His commanders say that he never compromised on carrying out the missions and found independence and professionalism. A vigorous young man, enthusiastic about every actVolunteering for an elite unit where he served for two years, a period during which activities in Lebanon, ambushes and field activity were integrated. His comrades in the unit were already connected to him at the beginning of their joint journey and drew encouragement and strength from him. They gave him the nickname “Rosendash”, a combination of his surname and his infinite sweetness. His commander said, “I had soldiers, and I had a soldier.” At the funeral of his friend Avichai Danoch, Nati told his friends: “I do not know what will happen to me, but I would not want my parents to be in the state of Danoch’s parents.” He always thought about others and put himself in the last place. Nati was a candidate for an officers’ course and his commanders predicted a bright future on the command scale. A week before his scheduled departure for the course, he went to Lebanon, heading his soldiers and fighting the terrorists. His mother Esther recalls: “I accompanied him to the Central Bus Station, and I looked at the figure of the tall people, his quick walk away from me, and always turned his head from time to time, and I did not know that I would never see him again.” On Monday, December 23, 1994, at dawn, Nati was killed in a battle in Lebanon in a coordinated artillery attack by Hezbollah fighters on the Brosh outpost in the eastern sector of the security zone. Identified and wounded three terrorists using the “Raven” missiles, with Sergeant Guy Sudaii, who was injured in the incident, and was brought to rest in the military cemetery in Kiryat Shaul in Tel Aviv, when he was 20 years old. In his letter of condolences to the bereaved family, Chief of Staff Ehud Barak wrote: “Netanel served as a combatant in a leading unit of the Golani Brigade and was described by His commanders were the mainstay of the team and the company, which always volunteered first for every mission, was a professional in its field and invested a lot in learning the basics of the profession. The commander of the Golani Brigade wrote to his family: “Nati’s behavior during the battle and the night before, in which he hit the terrorists, was a direct continuation of his military career, which was characterized by a serious attitude to his role, his unit and his pursuit of excellence. , As a future team commander and as a pillar in his unit, which he loved so much, and the image of Nati as a man and a fighter will serve as an example in the unit for commanders and young fighters. ” The commander of Nati’s company wrote to the family: “You have left us a difficult task in your death and to continue to raise young soldiers on your way. Nati’s friend wrote to his parents: “I went through a lot of places in the army, where I met the best of our country’s youth, the elite, dear parents, Nati easily passed them all, love for life, love for everyone around him in an unbelievable way. I was in the army and found myself in a group of people, I always found a few guys who before they or I opened my mouth I knew they would be one of my better friends … Nati was like that … He was a hero for all of us. All his friends, I loved Nati, we all loved him, and in his behavior he bought everyone’s heart, was the spirit of the company, laughing and full of energy and youthful joy. The time necessary knowledge to lend a hand and help. Nati there in body and spirit duty and devotion to the homeland “. Orit, his sister, wrote: “I loved the Sabbaths when you came in. Suddenly the house was filling up, we felt a big family with lots of light and joy, and now you will not believe how sad they are.. You were so happy and full of humor and jokes. Always independent and mature, as befits an older brother. And I’ve already passed you by age, because you’ll always be twenty. Now I was alone. But know that I always love and admire you and your eternal command to continue to strive to be first in everything. I will not break, because that is what you want. Save me from above and give me strength to continue. “His father, Michael, says:” Nati, a wonderful child who enveloped us in infinite warmth and love. A cohesive, responsible and honest personality. A kind of child who loved life and did everything with love. His whole life was a process of thinking, talking and giving. My son, I wish we would be worthy in our lives and actions to your victim. “The national and local press published many articles in which Nati was mentioned and commemorated events commemorating him, and his family commemorated him in many different ways: a Torah library in his name, Near the home of his parents, where a sculpture donated by the family, by artist Ya’akov Hefetz from Kibbutz Eilon, was placed there, where the statue is “the seventh hovering” and looks like a pyramid made of hand-made mosaic. The family also donated about two hundred and fifty of Nati’s books to various libraries throughout the city: The library of the “Rishonim” school, the library in “Neve Israel” and the library at the Lev-Tov school. The family initiated the establishment of a scholarship fund for outstanding students, in the name of Nati, in cooperation with the “Rishonim” high school. A memorial corner was also erected in the fallen wall of the “Rishonim” high school, where chemical laboratories were inaugurated in his name on December 23, 1998. Several months after Nati’s fall, an evening was held in which about 600 people participated. , Designed in the form of a living room, and a huge picture of Nati, served as a backdrop for a moving and difficult evening, mixed with tears and laughter. Family and friends have drawn the line. Tali, who was Nati’s girlfriend in the last five years of his life, read in the evening: “I am sure that you sit among pure angels on a gold chair they prepared for you and shed tears on everything that is said here tonight … I sit on your grave and talk to you in the hope that you will hear – the deep, beautiful eyes I loved – that expressed a lot, your height – your broad shoulders, your presence, your good and good taste, your smell, your voice … I miss you all. “