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Salameh, Roget

Salameh, Roget


Nadra and Gaouda’s eldest son. He was born on 20 January 1978 at the Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem. Until age five, he grew up in Jerusalem, where his father served as a policeman in the Israel Police. In 1983, the family moved to the village of Tur’an, where the brothers of Roja – Rosanna and Elias were born. As a baby, Roga was shy and smiling. He became an adult child who knew very well what he wanted and where he was going. He loved his family and was willing to do anything for them. His rare generosity and kindness aroused admiration among his contemporaries, and his brother saw him as a role model. In the extended family, Roget was known as the family mediator who would settle conflicts discreetly and discreetly – he was a genuine peacemaker. Rogeh was educated in his village Tur’an – in elementary school, in high school, and in high school. He went on to study auto mechanics, and at the same time took part in a paramedics course and volunteered for Magen David Adom. In addition to this, he also found time to work as a color in a contracting company. Roget’s childhood dream, since he was tender and saw his father the policeman, was to be in uniform. In order to fulfill his dream, he went to the recruiting office in Tiberias one day and registered as a volunteer for regular service. On the 6th of December 1998, Rogeh was drafted into the IDF and became a uniformed soldier, and after completing basic training he was sent to the Desert reconnaissance battalion, where he sought to be a good boy in Jerusalem, just like the place he was born He had many friends who loved him and appreciated him.Ruga loved spending time with his friends on walks, swimming and fishing, listening to modern music, his room was full of CDs and he had two stereo systems, and with his good hands he repaired electric appliances and spent much of his free time In the dismantling and assembly of machinery and machinery, and during his life he went twice abroad. One trip with friends to Egypt; His second trip was to Ireland, where he traveled with his sister to visit his maternal grandparents who lived there. Roget was a happy guy, always smiled and received life with great love. But life forgot to smile back. On 5 February 2001, the day of the elections for the Knesset and the premiership, there was a day of long and difficult operational activity in the Gaza Strip. In the afternoon, the fighters took a break at the Rafah terminal in order to exercise their right to vote. After the vote, Rogeh volunteered for the task of securing an engineering vehicle on the Philadelphi Route near the “thermal” outpost on the Israel-Egypt border, near Rafah. Rogeh was taken to a military cemetery in the village of Tur’an and was accompanied by his family, members of the community, His friends, relatives, and friends of the unit wrote a poem in his memory, and his sister separated from him in a moving poem that he wrote, and left behind his parents, an eighteen-year-old sister and an eleven-year-old brother. A large crowd of visitors visited the mourners’ home, and during the visit of the chief of staff, Lieutenant General Shaul Mofaz, Sister Rosanna told him: “My brother went away Ascended to heaven, but you must work hard to achieve peace, bring peace and tranquility to the people and the country. ” President Moshe Katsav also came to console the family and to strengthen their hands. In his letter of condolence to the bereaved family, the unit’s commander, Lieutenant Colonel Victor Sudai, said: “Rogia secured the engineering forces’ activity when he was shot in the direction of Rafah, where he served in the Desert Patrol Battalion for two years and two months and was trained as a combat soldier and infantryman. In the Rafah area, Rogia was a responsible and self-disciplined soldier who invested heavily in his position and was popular among his commandersRio to the company. He was a model for his comrades in the company and the battalion. The fall of Rogieh as a Christian fighter and a soldier in the Israel Defense Forces is a terrible blow to the battalion and the State of Israel. May you know no more sorrow. “

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