Ben Hadassah and Yehoshua. Born on Kibbutz Maoz Haim on 4.4.1974, third son of a family of four. Udi grew up and was educated in Kibbutz Maoz Haim. Udi the boy was told: “Udi was the kind of kid who made the therapist want to stay with the class forever.” In the fifth grade, too early to start work and become involved in the industry, he insisted on working in the dairy industry. After a quiet but stubborn war, he won. Udi persisted in his work and devoted many hours of his leisure hours, both on Saturdays and holidays, to everyone’s satisfaction. Few people got to know Udi really. It took years of persistence, years of together, because Udi was not a big talker. His daughter, who grew up in the kibbutz, said about him: “… without complications and without changes, like a strong rock that survives all the vicissitudes and revolutions, served as a stable anchor in the class, which was not always so calm and calm, Everyone knew that Udi was always there if needed, always willing to help and contribute throughout the night and day, always doing everything in the same quiet, indifferent way, as if nothing would take him out of his inner peace … ” Udi completed his high school studies at the regional school in Neve Eitan and successfully passed his matriculation exams. In the 10th grade, he began to prepare himself physically and mentally for his enlistment in the IDF, and it was clear to him that he would enlist in the combat track of one of the elite cruisers. Two weeks before his enlistment, however, he found a medical problem that prevented him from being drafted into an elite unit. In March 1993, Udi enlisted in the IDF, and it was hard for Udi to accept the non-combat profile he received, and he served in the Civil Administration in the Jenin District and still hoped to move to a combat unit. The pin of the platoon commander. When it became clear to him that at the end of the army’s completion, that he could not fulfill his desire to move to a combat unit, he removed himself from the course and returned to serve in the Civil Administration as a regular soldier. One of the cadets who was with Udi told the officers’ course: “We went down for a few days to the area and the crew got stuck without water, and after a long time without a response Ehud, without a lot of words, collected a twenty-liter jerrycan and walked about a kilometer to bring Water to the Department … “. Udi was a non-commissioned officer at the DCO in Jenin and after his closure was transferred to the Dotan camp. He was commended for his ability to listen and for the assistance he provided to the Palestinian population. His friend, who served with him, wrote about him: “… Ehud, it used to take me half an hour to describe you: a dark, strong man with lots of humor and kindness … Everything you did seemed like fun, Until you it would get smaller … “. On October 30, 1996, Udi was stabbed to death by a Palestinian terrorist at the liaison facility in Dotan, a facility that provides civil administration services to the residents of Jenin, and was laid to rest at the Kibbutz Maoz Haim cemetery. Where he was born, grew up and matured, and left behind his parents, two brothers, Eitan and Amitai, and a sister, Erela … In a letter of condolence to the bereaved family, Chief of Staff Amnon Lipkin-Shahak wrote: “Ehud, Was described by his commanders as a wise, responsible and dedicated soldier, who was even elected as an outstanding individual soldier on Rosh Hashanah 5756, was admired and accepted by his commanders and friends alike … “
