Ben Miriam and Zvi. He was born on 17 November 1946 in Ein Harod. Nehemiah grew up in Bnei Atarot, where he was educated in elementary school, and graduated from Blich in Ramat Gan. He was active in the Hanoar Haoved Vehalomed movement in Ramat Gan. Nehemiah joined the IDF in September 1965 and served in the Nahal Brigade, went on to the Paratroopers Brigade, served as a parachutist, served as a lieutenant colonel and was sent to officers’ course. He continued his service in the Paratroopers Brigade as a platoon commander, company commander, commander of a reconnaissance unit, and a battalion commander. Fought with the Paratroopers Brigade in the Sinai during the Yom Kippur War. Nehemiah commanded an elite intelligence operations unit, a paratroopers brigade in the war in Lebanon, and then the Nahal Brigade and the regular Paratroopers Brigade, which became the commander of a reserve reserve division and later commanded the regional division, Lebanon, where he completed his studies in the Middle East Studies at Tel Aviv University and his MA in Political Science at the University of Haifa, and completed his studies at the IDF Command and Staff College, as well as in the Marine Corps Command and Staff College. The United States and then the college And served as a corps commander and assistant to the head of the Operations Branch. In this role he was promoted to the rank of Major General His last post was GOC Central Command. The officer’s assessments, which are in his personal file from the start: “An outstanding officer who has proven himself in difficult situations, a talented, mature, courageous, thorough officer with natural leadership and humane attitude. As part of his activities as OC Central Command, he established special relations with residents of Judea and Samaria. A resident of Beit El, Dov Kalmanovitz, said: “Thanks to the personality of Nehemia Tamari, many confrontations between us and IDF soldiers were avoided. He was a warm, hearty, honest man, his word was a word. He knew how to speak to us, the citizens, without condescension, humility, honesty, it’s a secret that is not taught in any military course. “He added:” There was no trace of generality in him, not even a drop of impression. He also knew during the most difficult times to break the tension and remove the fuse from the bomb, even in the most stressful situations and after the worst terror attacks. On January 12, 1994, Major General Nehemia Tamari was summoned to the Beit Shean Valley, following the fear of terrorists infiltrating the area. On his way back to Central Command, the helicopter crashed and all its passengers were killed – Major General Nehemia Tamari, Maj. Ofir Kaufman, Captain Ofri Yoeli and Captain Assaf Asher, Nehemiah was laid to rest in the Kiryat Shaul cemetery, Two sons – Yuval and Edo, daughter of Roni, father and two brothers – Dov and Shai Chief of Staff Ehud Barak said on his grave: “Nehemiah was one of the best and most brave commanders ever to be a soldier and a member of the tribe of dates, . In the most difficult situations you wanted him to be near you, because with him the task will be done. He knew how to combine sincerity, simplicity, professionalism and devotion to excellence. He will be missed by the IDF’s senior command as a member, as a promising commander. ” The deputy chief of staff, Major General Amnon Lipkin-Shahak, told him: “Nehemiah was far beyond her colleague. Nehemiah was a friend. We worked together for a year and a half. “Yehonatan Geffen wrote in the Maariv newspaper:” Nehemiah’s life course is the Israeli heroism track: Ein Harod, paratroopers, The Sayeret Matkal, the Savoy Hotel, Entebbe and other unknown events, but in the end he was killed in an accident, God did not save Tamari, who fell from an airplane in the middle of the night, leaving behind a trail of admiration and a deep cloud of deep and genuine mourning.
