“Meir Shimon, as his name suggests, was a light to all those around him. Already at a young age, when he arrived at the ‘Migdal Ohr’, he spread light and joy to all those around him. Everyone loved him and wanted to be around him. His teachers and educators filled their mouths with praise and glory for the days in which he studied within the walls of our institutions and was considered an outstanding student. Meir Shimon loved the people of Israel, the Torah of Israel and the Land of Israel, which are intertwined and bound together. He sacrificed his life for the people and the state with holiness and heroism.”
“Meir Shimon, as his name suggests, was a light to all those around him. Already at a young age, when he arrived at the ‘Migdal Ohr’, he spread light and joy to all those around him. Everyone loved him and wanted to be around him. His teachers and educators filled their mouths with praise and glory for the days in which he studied within the walls of our institutions and was considered an outstanding student. Meir Shimon loved the people of Israel, the Torah of Israel and the Land of Israel, which are intertwined and bound together. He sacrificed his life for the people and the state with holiness and heroism.”
He concluded his eulogy with a prayer: “May we know no more sorrow and grief, and that all our soldiers will return home safe and sound, and that the kidnapped will return to their borders, and from today we will know only goodness and kindness, peace and tranquility.”
Sergeant Meir Shimon Amar, of the Kfir Brigade, fell on the 12th of Tammuz, 5775. Sergeant Amar, from Jerusalem, a fighter in the “Netzah Yehuda” Battalion, fell in battle in the northern Gaza Strip.
