Shamir, Yitzhak-Dov (“Dubi”)

Son of-Eliezer and Chana, one of the founders of Kibbutz Sde Eliyahu in the Beit Shean Valley. He was born in Kibbutz Sde Eliyahu on February 21, 1947. After completing his high school studies, Dubi studied at the Faculty of Agriculture in Rehovot and was ordained as an agronomist, and Dubi received a religious, national, Zionist and humanistic education. He studied Hebrew poetry and literature and studied books with pleasure, and in his studies he sought to expand his knowledge and participated in the circles of Talmud and Jewish thought, and from his childhood he liked to travel with his family on the paths of the Beit Shean Valley and its many charming corners. Its landscapes, its vegetation and the animals in it, and Dubi was a quiet, serious guy. In his youth, he was a member of the Bnei Akiva youth movement and in the course of time guided the branch in Mashko. His activities in the youth movement included social gatherings and trips in Israel to deepen ties with the homeland and its citizens. In his estate, lists and chapters from discussions and discussions with his apprentices were kept. As a natural continuation of his youth movement, Dubi left for a third year of service in the Ma’ale Gilboa group, together with his wife. When Dubi was nine years old, his father died and he managed to suppress the bitter feelings of pain, to encourage his mother and help her and his sister wherever he could. Dubi was drafted into the IDF in November 1965 and volunteered for the Nahal Brigade. After completing basic training, he was sent to a platoon commander’s course and later completed a platoon and infantry officer course and was assigned to a parachuted infantry battalion, where he participated in operations across the border and fought in the Six-Day War. Doby Levi, as deputy commander, developed the formation and design of a reserve unit in a parachuted anti-tank gun. In the course of the Yom Kippur War, he volunteered for a year of service in the regular army, contributing to the organization of the Palmach and the formulation of combat doctrine in the battalion, which was equipped and reorganized with anti-tank weapons On 17.4.1977, Dubi fell in the line of duty as a battalion commander in a young anti-tank brigade and was organized in the southern region. He was laid to rest in the military section of the cemetery at Kibbutz Sde Eliyahu. Left behind a wife – Hadassah, daughter of Dikla – two sons – Elisha and Eran, mother, brother and sister. In a letter of condolence to the bereaved family, his friend wrote: “In the battalion, in addition to his position as commander, Dubi served as a sort of ‘Western Wall’ to spread the claims and problems of the soldiers. He was a man of action, quiet and introverted, sensitive and sensitive to his surroundings, absorbing and judging his And acts in his quiet and consistent way – always forward.