Ben Nurit and Hanan. Was born on February 4, 1981. In Be’er Sheva he was the eldest brother of Ruth and Sally Assaf, whom everyone called Assi, was a charming baby with eyes that said everything and a smile of angels, In Be’er Sheva and finished with the Comprehensive High School in the city, and over the years the family moved to Lehavim, and Esi grew up from a mischievous boy to a sturdy, lively boy who stood to a height of four hundred and ninety, and could not sit still for a moment. In music – the heavy rock – and in the many diverse sports that he specialized in: diving, swimming, fishing, and especially rugby.Asi excelled in rugby, And at the age of sixteen he already had his own motorcycle, and the independence of the ride released a lot of steam and probably paved the way to the tank. And the warm and the warm – the physical and the spiritual – that he was able to give, and his bright, yet naive smile, which exposed pearl teeth, became his trade symbol, throughout which he gathered and embraced people around him: school friends, Friendship and closeness or others, which chance brought them to a brief conversation with him and then formed a hand Handcrafts of years. Assi always welcomed everyone with open arms and a broad heart, without prejudice and simple, straightforward love of man. He knew how to please and liked to share. More than once, when necessary, he knew how to channel the dimensions of his body and use force to help and rescue embarrassing situations, even those he did not know. Assi was tied to his family. There was a special closeness between him and the grandparents: he drank thirstily for their stories and wanted to hear more and more, to explore and deepen his roots. He made sure to keep in touch with all branches of the family, both distant and with people living overseas. Asi’s philosophy of life was rare for such a young man: life as a supreme value, honesty and integrity, family unity, love of country and state, and the will to give. His friend Sivan, with whom he had a special relationship for many years and who became a family member, described him as “a rare combination of his prominent presence, body size and strength and physical strength, with a child’s soft soul and soul, sensitivity to people and animals.” In his senior year in high school, Assi already knew he would be a soldier. At the beginning of August 1999, he enlisted in the Israel Defense Forces in the Armored Corps, where he was assigned to a tank commanders course and was assigned to the Eshet Battalion, commanded a tank crew, trained soldiers, and built them as fighters. But he knew that the tank was a silent war machine without the person in it, he knew that the crew in the tank must have a high level of professionalism and the ability to live as a team under difficult conditions-in training or war. “Assaf was the commander of a tank Minister worried his soldiers to concern a mother and father. His soldiers were always at the top of his mind and saw in their care the most important cornerstone. Assaf had a spirit of combat and enthusiasm, which planted strength in the rest of the company commanders, even during difficult times. His love for life and his commanding abilities enabled his soldiers to achieve achievements, which it is doubtful they would reach if he did not collect. His commanding skills, the joy of life and the perception that his soldiers’ best interests precede all, have created a model commander, unique and talented, whose qualities are reserved only for a few. “To take Assi and ‘poison’ him. During this period he also acquired many friends – from basic training, from the battalion, from the brigade and from the armored corps as a whole. “If you believe that you are going this way out of free choice, if you feel more and more emotionally involved in it, if you are at peace with yourself, even if in your soul there is often a rupture / If you are sure that this is a mission rather than a career / if you are in good faith, between you and yourself, you say, ‘Apparently I am a Zionist and you will not turn it around – the country is me …’ / If you feel that your great power is not only to win, / Because then, brother, you deserve to be called – sir! ” Assi tried to infect his family with the armor ‘bug’ and even spurred Sivan, his girlfriend, to take an officer’s course. He himself dreamed of being an officer in the Israel Defense Forces, and on weekends he would come home with a bouquet of flowers for his mother, a big hug for Dad, a bag of sweets for Sally, a leprechaun for the dog and plenty of stories. Asi was suffering from a serious illness and fought for it for many months, demonstrating determination and not allowing physical disability to break his spirit, and he expressed optimism and confidence that everything would be all right, strengthened those who came to strengthen him. And gathered every piece of information about what was going on in every news report about IDF operations in the field Yam would immediately recognize the tanks of the regiment and brigade and say proudly, “These are my guys,” but he did not spare the inspection at the sight of tanks that did not look like tip top. The large number of friends and friends who found Basi a friend of truth. His family says: “Even during the period of illness, which was the most difficult period in your life and life, between pain and treatment, new people were gradually added around you, people who entered for a moment – occasional visitors, volunteers, military personnel and even senior officers. That you demonstrated, from your warmth and your human love, from your direct approach, from the ability to look at reality with open eyes and courage, to find out who the enemy is, in order to know how to cope. ” On December 3, 2001, Assi died at Tel Hashomer Hospital. He was laid to rest in the military section of the cemetery in Lehavim. Survived by his parents and two sisters. Twenty years of life were given to Assi. His ability and skills only began to bud and blossom and his many dreams did not come true. After his fall, Assi’s family received many letters, songs written to remind him of the intense impression he had left on everyone he met, throughout his life: teachers, friends, commanders and officers, acquaintances and relatives: “There was silence in you, And remember how you knew how to smile – sometimes a boyish, mischievous smile – and it was a smile that betrayed the strength / heart of a warm and kind child. ” A friend wrote to the service: “Where can you find people like you, who knew how to integrate the profession of women soldiers that he performed flawlessly, along with humanity, a desire to help, a spirit of volunteerism and the most important value in the IDF’s book of values, Everything is unusual / and there will never be a scar anywhere in the heart / and memories in your mind / that will keep you alive / loving / at your full height / with the same smile / and the same look / so I remember you. ” And yet the legacy that Assaf left affected us all, the family and friends, each in his own way. Ruth enlisted in the IDF and chose to serve in the Armored CorpsAnd after Assi took on a unique follow-up course, a tank commanders course, and on July 10, 2003 she successfully completed the course as the first girl in the IDF. “
