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Tzur, Shira (Shirtz)

Tzur, Shira (Shirtz)


Daughter of Einat and David. Shira was born in Haifa on May 5, 1996. A second child of her parents, Adi and Gaia’s sister. On July 12, 2015, Shira, a resident of Haifa, enlisted in the Israel Defense Forces, serving in the Intelligence Corps, and towards the end of 2016 she went to the Officers’ Training Course, where she was shot in a terrorist attack in Jerusalem on 8.1.2017. Deputy Hagai Hajaj, Lieutenant Yael Yekutiel and Deputy Erez Orbach also fell in the attack. Shira was twenty-one years old in the fall. She was brought to rest in the military cemetery in Haifa. Survived by parents, brother and sister. After her fall Shira was promoted to second lieutenant. On Shira’s gravestone, the family wrote: “My life is filled with love, giving, laughter and knowledge, and whenever they call, I am there.”

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