Son of Leah and Clement. He was born on March 4, 1975 in Tel Aviv, the third child of a family of eight. Aran studied at the Habad elementary schools in Lod and Rashbi in Beer Yaakov, and at the Eshkolot High School in Rishon Letzion. He was an outstanding student in the physics track and loved by his friends. Later on, he studied at the religious kibbutz yeshiva “Ein Tzurim” and joined the “integration” track in order to serve full service in the army. Where he expanded his knowledge of Judaism, where he also studied on his own for the psychometric exam, which he successfully passed and planned to study physics and law at the university. Aran loved sports, music, music and loved to travel in Israel. Aran studied for a year at the yeshiva and in August 1993 he enlisted in full service in the Paratroops. He joined the “Helping” company, where he served as a magistrate, and was very proud of being a parachutist and a red cap on his shoulder. Together with his company he went through difficult events in Hebron and southern Lebanon, and all of them showed great courage and dedication, dedication to tasks and high motivation. His friends liked and admired him very much. They called him “a jeep” and described him as smiling, calm, calm and pleasant to the environment, who knew how to approach each person and made an impression on everyone who spoke to him. After two months of service in Lebanon, on 3 December 1995, Aran volunteered to go to an ambush, the evening before leaving for vacation. During the ambush, on the morning of the 13th of Kislev 5756 (December 6, 1995), the force encountered terrorists. During the battle, Aran killed one of the terrorists and immediately was hit by a bullet in the head that killed him. Six soldiers were wounded in the clash. He was twenty years old when he fell. Aran was Simcha and always had a smile on his face that expressed the joy of life, until that terrible day. He loved his military service and never complained. Aran left behind his parents, two sisters – Orit and Miri and five brothers – Moshe, Eliahu, Reuven, Netanel and Itamar. That night, Aran was laid to rest in the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem, the city he loved so much. After his death he was promoted to sergeant. In March 1999, the brigade commander was handed over to the family: “I would like to commend Sergeant Aran Sabbag for his courage, his composure and his dedication to the task in the face of the enemy.” From his poem, “Zohar Star,” his mother, Leah, wrote: I will always look forward / There is also an end to the tears / Please watch for the coming / Because generations have been taught for generations ” “Brigadier General Hagai Mordechai, the commander of the battalion where Aran served, said:” Our aran is gone and the Lev refuses to believe. Aran comes, always comes, always first. The first to reach out, the first to reach out, the first to help, and so in battle-first to storm, but first to be hurt. … Aran, you cast in the rock, Eitan and Tamir, you left and left us orphans. “(This page is part of the Yizkor memorial project held by the Ministry of Defense)
