Shoshan, Shimon

The eldest son of Elia and Moshe, was born on April 3, 1963 in Kiryat Shmona, where Shimon began his studies at the Rambam Elementary School and graduated with honors with the carpentry track at the Matmid High School – Both are in Kiryat Shmona. He was loved and revered by his family and neighbors, who said: “Be Yaffa, kind to everyone, always smiling and reaching out for help.” Before his conscription, disaster struck the family, and his father was killed in a work accident. Shimon was drafted into the IDF in early November 1981 and volunteered for a combat engineering unit in the Engineering Corps, where he completed a Plesim course, and his commanders noted that he was a very quiet, very serious soldier and was very popular among his comrades. “When the Peace for Galilee War broke out, his unit was joined by a Golani Brigade unit and began to march on the battle path to liberate the Galilee and Kiryat Shmona from the terror of the Katyushas of the terrorists.” On June 7, 1982, And was brought to rest in the military cemetery in Kiryat Shmona, where he left behind a mother, three brothers and two sisters, and his commander wrote that “Shimon served in our unit As a fighter, and courageously and devotedly fulfilled all the tasks that were imposed on him, until he fell. “