Son of Perachia and Binyamin. Was born on September 24, 1977 in Rishon Letzion, the eldest brother of Ofir and Tamir. Lior is remembered as a lively and smiling baby, who preferred to do night trips in a cart rather than sleep peacefully. Lior began to speak at an early age, with almost no distortion of his tongue. At the age of two, he began to go to kindergarten and expressed his inclination to independence when he said goodbye to his mother: “Shalom, you can go.” Lior began his studies at the Remez elementary school in the Mizrach neighborhood in Rishon Letzion. He continued in the Zalman Aran junior high school and at the Gan Nahum Gymnasium high school in the city where he studied accounting. Lior spent many hours in front of the computer screen, loved to listen to music, especially to the “Matelika” and “Where the Child” groups. Lior loved to help the weak and the needy and to contribute by himself. In 11th grade, when all his friends volunteered for the Civil Guard and MDA, he preferred to volunteer in a daycare center for disabled children, on the grounds that he was “Simcha to make them smile.” Lior played with the children, helped them and gave them attention and love. He expressed his athletic inclination in the basketball game in which he excelled and was nicknamed “Shatil O’Neil” because he was tall, broad and strong. “Lior Shabtai is the strong man.” Despite his outstanding physical strength, Lior was a quiet, shy and especially kind person, and at the end of March 1996, Lior joined the IDF, the Armored Corps, and was sent to the track Explorers. At the beginning of basic training he suffered from excess weight, which weighed on his journeys, and his friends told him that they had to drag him, but after his ability improved, the wheel turned and it was Lior who carried the comrades on his shoulders. At the graduation ceremony in Latrun, Lior was proud of the symbol of the 7th Brigade he wore and then discovered that he was “poisoned”. Lior was constantly talking about the brigade and the beauty of the sergeant. Later on, he was trained to be a tank loader. After four months in the framework of the Rangers, a company in the Golan Heights, where he earned a new nickname: “Tzahak”, ie, the strongest man in the world, was a courageous fighter. After his military service he volunteered to help all of them: In December 1996, for the first time in Lebanon, he went to the “Pumpkin” outpost “Lior went to the funerals of three of his friends and came to console mourners in the families’ homes, a difficult time he experienced because of the tragedy and loss of his life. Lior’s friend says that “in Lebanon it is better to die like a fighter.” On the night of Thursday, February 27, 1997, a squad of Hizbullah terrorists approached the “Pumpkin” post and the tank where Lior was in. He and his team fought at night with terrorists and killed a few of them on Friday, February 28, 1997 In the early morning hours, a Fagut missile was fired at the tank and Lior, whose upper body was standing outside the tank, was hit and killed on the spot. “I would like to commend the late Sergeant Shabtai Lior for his professionalism, his dedication to the mission, his determination and his spirit of spirit among terrorists.” Shabtai Lior, of blessed memory, claimed in the tank crew that See the enemy several times a night, struck and killed him. The next morning, after another enemy was discovered, the crew stormed again. During the battle the tank was hit, the late Sergeant Lior was killed and Lieutenant Colonel Mordechai was wounded. The tank crew pulled the tank back. Four terrorists were killed and a number of other terrorists were wounded. The late Sergeant Lior Shabtai excelled in the battle, fought against himWho was brought to rest in the cemetery at the Gordon Residence in Rishon LeZion, who left his parents and two brothers and was promoted to the rank of sergeant after his death. “In a letter of condolence to the bereaved family, Chief of Staff Amnon Lipkin-Shahak wrote: He was a member of the 7th Battalion of the 7th Battalion, and was described by his commanders as a dedicated soldier, who showed great motivation for military service and was willing to help and help those around him at all times. “He said. Lt. Col. Amnon Assoulin, commander of the “Ramah” battalion where Lior served, wrote to the family: “Your son Lior came to us, to the family of the fighters of the Romah battalion, about a year ago, young, energetic, quiet, full of motivation with a huge smile on your lips. He was trained in the battalion, and was later assigned as a combat soldier in an operational company. This decision was very proud of him, I saw during an interview with him. He quickly proved his personal abilities and joined the company brilliantly, mainly because of his ability to attract those around him. The fighters of the “Machatz” company took great pride in Lior, and his sweeping personality aroused great motivation among the fighters for operational employment in Lebanon. Lior wanted with all his might to carry out employment in Lebanon, mainly to prove to himself and to all of us what was – a true professional … Lior was a fine fruit, And you were educated. We, the family of the fighters of the Rumah Battalion, immediately saw that we had received special fruit. Lior was big, very strong, shaped in his soul, with special education for love of others. Lior Nitzan, the mayor of Rishon Letzion, wrote to his family: “This strong man was a friend and a bad friend, a son and a grandson. He helped and always contributed to everyone. He never said no to a friend, never Refused to the teacher or the commander, and to adults from whom he bowed his head shyly … That’s how I met him. For everything in his short life he found a good way, a way of his own, to do his duty and raise his contribution. The story of the battle in which Lior was killed is described in detail in the press, and the municipality of Rishon Le-Zion named the public park next to Lior’s family home, And named him after him.In the center of the garden, the family built a large basalt stone monument with an inscription inscribed with the emblems of the brigade and the regiment
