Shlomo Buchris was born on the moshav Sde Yitzhak, near Hadera. When he was drafted, he decided to follow in the footsteps of his father and three brothers and join the paratroops. Buchris was named for his father's brother, also a paratrooper, who was killed in the Six-Day War.
He is the first member of Moshav Sde Yitzhak to be killed in active service in the moshav's 50 years.
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Buchris studied at the Pardes Hannah agricultural school and lived on the moshav with his parents. They set up a farm together, where they practiced horticulture, bred fish and grew vegetables for export. Shlomo Buchris leaves behind him his parents, three brothers and a sister.
Yehuda Baruch Greenfeld, 27, from Michmash
Yehuda Baruch Greenfeld broke his shoulder recently during a hike but did not hesitate to report for reserve duty when called up a week ago. Greenfeld's brother, Hanoch, is also doing reserve duty in the north, and he was informed there that his brother was among the casualties at Kfar Giladi.
Yehuda Greenfield was born in Jerusalem and studied at the Merkaz Harav yeshiva. He completed his military service with the hesder yeshiva program and then went on to study at the Lomdei Shalem yeshiva in Jerusalem. Last year he enrolled at Hadassah College in Jerusalem to study biotechnology, while serving as an instructor for immigrant youths from Ethiopia.
He is survived by his wife, Gavriella, and two children - 2-year-old Raya and 4-month-old Ron
Avihai - as well as his parents and brother.
Dr. Igor Rotstein, 38, from Neveh Oved
Igor Rotstein was born in Siberia, Russia, and completed his medical studies in Tomsk in 1995. Two years later, he decided to immigrate to Israel. He served as a medical officer with the Engineering Corps from 2000-2005, and friends said he was very proud to have served in the Israel Defense Forces.
Last year, Rotstein began specializing in orthopedic surgery at Poriya Hospital in Tiberias, and moved to Moshav Neveh Oved to be close to work.
Colleagues described Rotstein yesterday as devoted, energetic and very popular with his patients and the hospital staff.
When the fighting broke out in the north, they said, Rotstein sought to be called to reserve duty so that he could serve with the troops in Lebanon.
He leaves behind a 10-year-old son, a sister and an ex-wife in Israel, as well as his parents, who remained in Siberia. (Eli Ashkenazi)
Corporal Kiril Kashdan, 26, from Haifa
When Kiril Kashdan returned over the weekend from a vacation in Eilat with his girlfriend, he found an emergency call-up order waiting, and hastened to join his fellow reservists in Lebanon. Originally from Ukraine, Kashdan immigrated to Israel with his family in 1998, immediately after finishing high school. His father had been a soldier, so when he joined the army, Kashdan followed in his footsteps by joining a combat unit. He was proud of his service in the Golani Brigade: According to his aunt, Ludmilla Kashdan, he used to go around singing the brigade's anthem, "My Golani."
"He was a wild kid, he loved life, he was an outstanding soldier and he wasn't afraid of anything," Ludmilla said. Kashdan was working at a Haifa restaurant while waiting to begin a pre-college preparatory program this fall. He is survived by his parents and a 20-year-old brother, who also serves in Golani. (Avi Bar-Eli
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