Amos Ben-David

Amos Ben-David was born in 1946 in Tel Adashim

Amos Ben-David was born in Tel Adashim on November 1, 1946, the eldest child of Leah and Simcha. His mother served in the Haganah and the British Army, and his father in the Notrim and the British Army. The family moved to Afula, where he went to elementary and high school.

He joined the IDF in November 1964 and volunteered for the paratroopers. He moved to the Armored Corps during officer training and later completed a company commanders course. He fought in Samaria in the Six-Day War and took part in the Battle of Karameh, where his tank was hit.

After his release he lived in Nahalal with his wife Roni and worked as an Egged driver. In 1971 he began studying geography and sociology at the University of Haifa. He started working to found a new community settlement, which others later completed as Tamrat.

In the Yom Kippur War he fought at Nafah as a company commander and took over the battalion when its commander, Amnon Rimon, fell. On October 9 he led 2 tanks to help a unit ambushed by Syrian commandos and evacuated the wounded. He was killed on October 11, 1973, when his tank was hit while he commanded Battalion 289 in the breakthrough into Syria.

He left 2 children and was buried in Nahalal. He is commemorated at memorials in Nahalal, Afula, Tel Adashim, Latrun and Haifa.