Slutzkin, Ehud-Yehuda

Son of Rivka and Uri. He was born on February 24, 1965 in Hadera, where he grew up and was educated. He studied at the Tzafririm elementary school and graduated from the Hadera high school in the physical-physical course. He excelled in his studies. As a young man, Ehud belonged to the Scouts movement and with its members went on trips and camps around the country. He was an outstanding athlete and key player in the basketball team of Maccabi Hadera. He often swam, lifted weights, and ran to keep fit and trim. Ehud had other hobbies: listening to music, reading, watching movies and plays and traveling in Israel. Ehud had many friends, drawn to him by his sense of humor, his kindness, his love of man, and his qualities as a leader. The house was full of friends, the pastimes and conversations with them continued until the small hours. Ehud was drafted into the IDF in mid-August 1983, and after basic training he was assigned to the Paratroopers Brigade, after which Ehud managed to raise his profile and was sent to the Golani Brigade. He was sent to complete the infantry, and on his way to the course, standing at a hitchhiker at the Petzael Junction in the Jordan Valley, one of his friends blurted out a bullet that had killed him.Eud fell in the course of his duty on December 25, 1984, . He was brought to an eternal landing in the military section of Hadera’s cemetery. After being killed, he was granted the rank of lieutenant colonel. Left parents and brother – Yoav. In a letter of condolence to the family, the commander of the officers’ school wrote, among other things: “Ehud, after completing a three-year training course, served in an infantry battalion in Lebanon despite his physical limitations and remarkable volunteerism. His classmates mention him as a friend who always had the willingness to lend a hand, to help – whether with encouragement or by action … in the level of his achievements and in performing various tasks, he stood out as a symbol for all the students in the course. ” Of Ehud, the soldier’s parachute unit planted a tree in his name in the “defenders’ forest”