Shaynach, David

Son of Rahamim and Sabihah. He was born on September 8, 1938 in the city of Amra in Iraq. He belonged to a respectable Iraqi family. In 1950 he was brought to Israel as part of Youth Aliyah and sent to Hatzor. During his spare time he was involved in sports, volleyball and soccer with the other children of the neighborhood in which he lived. At the age of 12, he became a shepherd and later on to morning, where he completed his elementary studies and studied high school for two years, but in 1953 he left Hazor and moved to Herzliya where he worked in the carpentry shop until his enlistment in April 1956. And in 1957 he went to visit his parents, who had meanwhile moved to Peres, and his parents urged him to stay with them, but he did not respond to their requests by saying that life abroad was not for him. But he did not succeed, and he did not see a way for himself but to move to Be’er Sheva, where he managed to build his nest. He was called to reserve duty and during the days of alert and tension before the Six-Day War, called to reserve duty again, and his unit was deployed at the time around Rafah and was appended to the command line by the commanders on the first day of the war’s battles, June 26, 1967, A man and a child at a young age were brought to burial in the emergency military cemetery in Bari and then transferred to a rest camp, World at the cemetery in Ra’anana. After his death, his young wife told him that he had gone to battle willingly and with the conviction that he had often said that there was no choice but to fight the situation as it was. She also said that in order to be prepared to go to battle, he checked his backpack daily, and a few days before he was called, he also asked his business partners in Be’er Sheva to arrange the joint account. “Just like that … in any case … that there should be no problems for Carmela …” because he did have a feeling that he would not return. A page was dedicated to his memory in the local council of Raanana. In the “Beer Sheva” magazine, which was published by the municipality, his memory was raised in the section “Respect for the Fallen – Condolences for Families”.