Svetlite, Guy

Ben Shoshana and Zvi. He was born on 19.2.1974 in Kibbutz Alumot. Guy began his studies at Kibbutz Degania Aleph, continued at the Alon Yizrael elementary school in Afula and at the Ben Gurion Junior High School in Afula, and graduated cum laude from the ORT high school in Afula. From his youth, Guy was a nature enthusiast and hiker, and he participated in hundreds of tours as a trainee and later as a guide in the natureguard patrols of the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel. Guy joined the IDF at the end of November 1992. He served in the Armored Corps, completed a tank commander course and commanded a Merkava tank, and two years later completed a course for officers of the Armored Corps and Armored Corps officers. Guy was also an avid basketball player, practiced in youth basketball circles and played chess in the Afula team on behalf of Beit Eshkol until the age of thirteen. Guy was on his way home after spending time with his friends, sergeant Shai Davidov and Sergeant Alon Haleli, who were killed in an accident with his 21-year-old son. Was buried in the military cemetery in Kfar Yechezkel and left behind his parents, sister Sigalit and brother Amitai, and his family and friends commemorated the establishment of a traveling group that met every year for a tour of the country’s landscapes. , Was a deputy commander of a company of recruits in the Armored Corps and was described by his commanders as a highly professional officer, diligent and devoted, who was a dog He was very much admired by his commanders, his soldiers and his friends. ” The commander of the unit where Guy served, wrote to the family: “Your son was an excellent commander and a valuable asset to the unit … Guy, who had fallen prematurely, was a favorite officer of his commanders, friends and soldiers. Guy was a very promising officer, and so a week ago he was promoted to the position of deputy company commander in the unit and planned to be promoted to the position of commander You lost a beloved son, his friends lost a true friend, and we lost an officer and an outstanding commander. “