Posted on 08/08/2006 6:17:21 PM PDT by Sean_Anthony
Shimon Adega, an Israeli soldier, recently was killed fighting Hezbollah on the Northern border of Israel.
Shimon, 21, from Kiryat Gat, arrived with his parents from Ethiopia 16 years ago. His last phone call with his family was on a Saturday night, erev shabat. His brother David said, "Saturday evening he told us that they were going to Lebanon, and that he couldn't give us details. He was drafted in March of 2004 and the IDF wanted to give him a desk job but he fought to be drafted to a combat unit. He was given a month of leave and, afterwards, was drafted to the Golani division."
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What's erev? Shabat is obviously sabbath.
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