Shahar Guy

Was born on November 11, 1961 in Haifa and grew up in Nir Banim, near Beer Tuvia, his mother, a member of Kibbutz Givat Haim, and his father, Col. (res.), A combat soldier in Unit 101 and a descendant of Settlers of Rosh Pina. Shahar absorbed his values ​​from two generations of farmers in Israel, and his ambition was to return to his parents’ farm after serving in the Israel Defense Forces and to be an agricultural farmer. With the members of the Moshav Movement and with the family, and since his early childhood Shachar loved to hold a wheel and when he was a toddler he was nicknamed “Egged driver” and “mechanic.” At age five Shahar traveled with his family to Uganda, In the school vacations, Shahar traveled with his family in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania in nature reserves and in landscapes that When he returned to Israel, Shachar did not know how to read and write in Hebrew, so he began to study again from the first grade, but he found it difficult to read and write. He was from a rather lazy, chubby, vulnerable child to a cheerful, open and cheerful boy, and his personal experience helped him understand the difficulties of others, and his sensitivity was evident during his service as an IDF commander. Shahar loved the village, its social life and the work of the agriculture. Shahar served in the Israel Defense Forces for 22 months, full of courses: basic training, tank training, tanks commanders’ course, training courses, He graduated with honors and graduated from the Officers ‘Training Course, where he graduated from the officers’ training course, and told his mother that his career was not his military career, but his proximity to the home. During the burning season in agriculture, Shahar received a vacation and worked with his family in cooperation and enjoyment. He was quick and ready to help. The army period is also a period of friendship and deep love for Shoshi, his girlfriend from Kfar Warburg, with whom he shared all his feelings and experiences, and according to her testimony: “We were both one.” Shahar was an organized soldier, meticulous in his demands of himself and others, but he also understood the hearts of his subordinates and knew how to give up. He was stubborn and when he felt he was right, it was hard to change his mind. Not once did he even give up lunch to properly train the tank. He did it, because he had to do it with the necessary vigor. In the many parcels he received from the house he always shared with all his friends in the room. Shahar was commander of a tank division and fell in combat in Lebanon in the Peace for Galilee war north of Sidon. When a shell was fired at the tank that commanded him. He felt the help of paratroopers and armor, attacked by terrorists. Shahar fell on the 16th of Sivan 5762 (7.6.1982) and was brought to rest at the cemetery in Nir Banim. He was 21 years old when he died. He was followed by parents, a brother, and two sisters. His commander wrote that “he was a proud, dedicated and professional officer with a sympathetic ear to his soldiers, whom he loved because he knew how to trust them.” Shahar’s parents set up a memorial site for him in the Nitzanim camp and published a booklet about his life. In 1993 a book for young people was published by author Esther Streit-Wurzel. The book “Shachar” tells the story of his life and is a memorial book in a special format.