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Wear, in front of her

Wear, in front of her


Ben Argo and Edhani. He was born on January 1, 1973 in the village of Bunker (Aviaminc) in Ethiopia. Molla began his studies at the Dabat Elementary School in Ethiopia and continued there to middle school. In the winter of 1990 he decided to immigrate to Israel with his uncles as part of Operation Solomon. He began a bumpy journey and arrived in Sudan, where he stayed for about a year. The Sudanese authorities closed the way for the Ethiopians who tried to leave the country and deported them back to their country, and thus Molla’s life was often in danger. Finally, on his way to Israel, he managed to reach Israel and was picked up by the Youth Aliya of the Jewish Agency in Ma’alot. For a year he studied Hebrew at an ulpan in the Education College in Ma’alot and moved to a boarding school in the Mikveh Israel agricultural school, where he was part of a coherent educational and educational framework for immigrants from Ethiopia. He studied electricity and social integration. Molla is remembered as a sweet, quiet, pleasant, courteous and disciplined young man who has invested a great deal of time in his studies and has achieved great achievements. Molla took very seriously any task he had been given, whether it was in school, work, or boarding school. He loved to help and was ready to help anyone who asked. His school counselors say that he stood out among his classmates with his openness and his strong desire to advance and overcome the difficulties that characterized his beginning in Israel. When he finished his studies, Mula moved to live with his cousin at the Hapetz Haim caravan site and learned to lead an independent life. His family, who came to Israel a year later, settled in Netanya and Mula maintained good relations with the family, visited them and helped them in the household. At the beginning of November 1994 he enlisted in the IDF and was first assigned to the Israel Air Force and later moved to the training base in the south, where he served as a cook, during which he was granted a permit to work in private. And began to plan his future: he dreamed of studying at the university and advancing himself and his family On the day of Adar 5757 (March 14, 1997) he fell in front of her during his service. He was twenty-four years old when he fell. He was laid to rest in the military cemetery in Netanya. Survived by his parents and seven brothers – Isaac, Daniel, Adonia, Mozes, Zohar, David and Moshe. In a letter of consolation to the bereaved family, Chief of Staff Amnon Lipkin-Shahak wrote: “Molla, of blessed memory, served as a cook in the maintenance sector in the officers’ school, and was described by his commanders as a disciplined and devoted soldier who fulfilled his mission to their full satisfaction. Molla stood out for his modesty and displayed a high ability to carry out the tasks assigned to him. The head of the maintenance branch, at the base where Molla served, wrote to the family: “Mula has shown devotion, investment and diligence in fulfilling his duties and with his usual obedience and restraint, we know that there is no consolation, but we will always remember her – his qualities, for work”. The Mikveh Israel agricultural school devoted an article in memory of Mula to the newspaper “Talmei Mikveh”.

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