Avner was born in Haifa on July 30, 1961, son of Edna (nee Shirizli – seventh generation in Israel) and Wald (who immigrated to Israel from Hungary in 1949). While in first grade, Avner moved with his family to Jerusalem and studied in various schools according to the family’s place of residence. He finished elementary school at Yad Lemoreh, in Ramat Eshkol. Avner’s aspiration and dream of becoming a veterinarian, and as a first step toward fulfilling this aspiration, he chose and was accepted to the Hebrew University High School. At the end of his first year of studies, Avner moved with his family to Neve Monosson and continued his studies at the Yehud High School. Avner was an outstanding student, yet Kondasen, a stunt and a healthy sense of humor, is involved in the social life of the school and the “Scouts” movement in the community. The final certificate given to him at the end of his twelfth grade reads: “He was prominent in his social activities in the classroom and in his willingness to take part in every task he was called.” Or as his friends wrote in his book on the eighth year of 1979: “Avner must never mock, “It was Avner, and that was his view of the world: Avner had all the data to be accepted into the academic reserve and to fulfill his dream, but he decided to finish his military service first, In an elite unit whose fame was evident in his actions, so he began his physical activity a year before his enlistment. And was chosen to be among the first direct route to the officer’s unit in the first “Maccabot” unit Before taking the officer’s course, Avner wrote to his girlfriend: I’m here like everyone else to keep, obviously to keep what Avi and my grandfather and the rest of our wonderful people set up in the sweat of his nose and blood, of course the pleasure is not great but the task is very great and even more important … But to be able to raise my child one day, Without fear of tomorrow, and for anyone who is found on a Friday in the center of Tel Aviv “in Tzavta”, the ice cream parlor, the beach and so on. “Avner was a critical, thoughtful, and responsible person, and he expressed his opinion in a pamphlet concluding with the text:” See how much strength we have in our hands today, we are designers Generation, and the generations that followed. It is our responsibility today to assume the image of the state and its people … Our job is to maintain quality and to restore the terrible cracks that we have created, and only to cause quality that will not affect quality, but only real quality. ” He loved his family, his parents and his brother, he always said: “My wonderful family.” He loved his students, his subordinates, the person behind the uniform, as one of his students said: “He thought we did not know that he passed through the rooms every night And covers the soldiers. “He dreamed and embroidered his future” I, and this is the dream of my life, I will be a veterinarian or something like that, and my whole life will be conducted around my life Land … Every day is done up in -4.00 am to make me coffee and I’ll wear work clothes, and go out into the fields … There is no work on Saturdays! The house was closed and the young Timers went out to explore the land of their love with their young feet, and our children would walk before the bottle left their mouths. “His dream was cut off before he could begin to realize it.In the winter of 1981, Avner took part in training for two months. , On Wednesday, November 30, 1981, the Commissioner of the State of Israel,To his unit while operating a bazooka in the tank crew route. During the exercise, a hand grenade exploded, and Avner was wounded by mortal wounds. He was laid to rest in the military cemetery in Kiryat Shaul in Tel Aviv. He left behind his parents and two brothers. He was 20 years old when he died. The commander of his brigade wrote about him in a personal letter after the funeral: “Avner in his death also left us battered and painful 7th Brigade soldiers, still not digesting the news of the loss of one of our senior fighters – a fighter officer with a strong motivation to succeed, a person who loves his country and a commander who cares for his subordinates.” The commander of his unit wrote: “We knew Avner from the very beginning of his career, and as a soldier in the brigade, he was outstanding and admired, his friends and commanders did not spare time or effort in his work with his soldiers. After he fell, Avner was promoted to lieutenant.
