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Rehovot Father Tragedy: Family, friends mourn fallen Golani soldiers
Father of First Sergeant Daniel Shiran: ‘You understood in a second what takes other people an entire lifetime to understand’; First Sergeant Omri Elmakis’ family: He loved the army and wore a Golani t-shirt even at home and in social events
First Sergeant Omri Elmakis, 21, of Ramle and First Sergeant Daniel Shiran, 20, of Haifa, both Golani Brigade soldiers, were killed early Friday in clashes with Hizbullah gunmen in south Lebanon.
Shiran was laid to rest in the afternoon.
“You were always successful, brilliant,” his father Avinoam said in his eulogy. “You understood in a second what takes other people an entire lifetime to understand. Even when you were about to enter Lebanon, it was obvious to me that you realized the meaning of it. You were tall, handsome, almost 1.9 meters tall (6 ft. 2 inches) and weighed 90 kg (about 200 pounds) – almost all muscle. It was difficult to carry you here, Daniel.”
Shiran was recently stationed in Jenin, Gaza and then Lebanon. He is survived by his parents and his younger brother and sister.
The father, a former paratrooper, said regarding the incident in which Daniel was killed: “We know that at 1:09 a.m. he was operating with his platoon. They told us that they entered on foot at night and that he was positioned in the front with his platoon commander, who is seriously injured. Another friend that we did not know was killed. They told us he entered a zone filled with bombs.”
'He followed in my footsteps'
Following four consecutive weeks away from home, Omri Elmakis finally went on leave and spent the past weekend in his Ramle home.
His good friend Ido Atal said “After spending 30 days in Gaza Omri called me on Friday and asked that I come pick him up. On Sunday he went to Lebanon.
Atal said to Omri during their last conversation, “All of your friends are proud of you; we are waiting for you at home. Don’t do anything foolish.”
“Omri was a funny guy, a sort of prankster,” he said. “We said that after the army we would make a ton of money, fly off to South America and forget about everything.
Family members said Omri loved the army, and wore a Golani t-shirt even at home and in social events.
His uncle, Nissim Elmakis: “He was not willing to serve in any unit other than Golani; he followed in my footsteps.”
Omri lived with his mother Rina and younger sister in Ramle. His father Ilan lives in Rehovot, and the two met last Friday.
Omri is survived by his parents, two brothers and a sister.
Source: Keren Nathanzon. Meital Yasur Beit-Or contributed to the report. Family, friends mourn fallen Golani soldiers. Ynet English (4 August 2006) [FullText]
First Sergeant Omri Elmakis, 21, of Ramle and First Sergeant Daniel Shiran, 20, of Haifa, both Golani Brigade soldiers, were killed early Friday in clashes with Hizbullah gunmen in south Lebanon.
Shiran was laid to rest in the afternoon.
“You were always successful, brilliant,” his father Avinoam said in his eulogy. “You understood in a second what takes other people an entire lifetime to understand. Even when you were about to enter Lebanon, it was obvious to me that you realized the meaning of it. You were tall, handsome, almost 1.9 meters tall (6 ft. 2 inches) and weighed 90 kg (about 200 pounds) – almost all muscle. It was difficult to carry you here, Daniel.”
Shiran was recently stationed in Jenin, Gaza and then Lebanon. He is survived by his parents and his younger brother and sister.
The father, a former paratrooper, said regarding the incident in which Daniel was killed: “We know that at 1:09 a.m. he was operating with his platoon. They told us that they entered on foot at night and that he was positioned in the front with his platoon commander, who is seriously injured. Another friend that we did not know was killed. They told us he entered a zone filled with bombs.”
'He followed in my footsteps'
Following four consecutive weeks away from home, Omri Elmakis finally went on leave and spent the past weekend in his Ramle home.
His good friend Ido Atal said “After spending 30 days in Gaza Omri called me on Friday and asked that I come pick him up. On Sunday he went to Lebanon.
Atal said to Omri during their last conversation, “All of your friends are proud of you; we are waiting for you at home. Don’t do anything foolish.”
“Omri was a funny guy, a sort of prankster,” he said. “We said that after the army we would make a ton of money, fly off to South America and forget about everything.
Family members said Omri loved the army, and wore a Golani t-shirt even at home and in social events.
His uncle, Nissim Elmakis: “He was not willing to serve in any unit other than Golani; he followed in my footsteps.”
Omri lived with his mother Rina and younger sister in Ramle. His father Ilan lives in Rehovot, and the two met last Friday.
Omri is survived by his parents, two brothers and a sister.
Source: Keren Nathanzon. Meital Yasur Beit-Or contributed to the report. Family, friends mourn fallen Golani soldiers. Ynet English (4 August 2006) [FullText]
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