In Memoriam of:
Roei Dawi
Age: 20
From: Jerusalem
In Loving Memory of the Innocent Souls Taken Too Soon. United in peace, their light shines on in the hearts left behind. October 7, 2023, a day of sorrow, but their memories guide us toward a hopeful tomorrow.
Sgt. Roei Dawi, z"l, 20, from Jerusalem, a platoon commander in the Tzbar Battalion, Givati Brigade, was killed in battle in the northern Gaza Strip.
Dawi left a letter to his family before entering the Strip in his personal WhatsApp group. "He wrote that he would be entering Gaza, and that if he knew this was what would happen to him, he would have done it again. He wrote that he loved the family, and that he was going to flatten," said his father, Aryeh, painfully.
Dawi left a letter to his family before entering the Strip in his personal WhatsApp group. "He wrote that he would be entering Gaza, and that if he knew this was what would happen to him, he would have done it again. He wrote that he loved the family, and that he was going to flatten," said his father, Aryeh, painfully.
"He spoke to us on Friday before entering, informed us that his phone had been taken and that we could not ask questions," added his father. Roy was on discharge leave, and in two weeks he was supposed cut his military ID card. Meanwhile, he was about to propose to his partner.
"He loved Hapoel Jerusalem basketball. In the letter, which is actually a will, he wrote that if something were to happen to him, his mother should continue to love Hapoel Jerusalem and continue to go to the games," said the father. "He left a will, there was no fear in him. He is a dead hero, I would have preferred to have him alive."
Source: Ynet
Source: Ynet
