Sassi, Shushan

Was born on April 22, 1958, in Moshav Shuba, in the Negev, where he moved to Ashkelon, where he attended elementary school. He was trained in the infantry and first served in the infantry, but as a member of the family, his brother was killed in the Yom Kippur War, Shoshan was transferred to the armored corps where he served in the workshop. On the 5th of Iyar 5739 (3.5.1979), he was driving in his car on his way home to Ashkelon, where his vehicle collided with a truck and Shoshan was killed along with another soldier in his car. He left behind his parents, three sisters and a 21-year-old brother, and his unit commander wrote in a letter of condolence to his family: “Shoshan was a good boy, and he did his best. He liked all the soldiers in the unit without exception. Was a model mechanic. Was the leader of soldiers, who in many cases turned to him and he solved their problems. “