Captain Sasha Schwartzman
Sasha made Aliyah to Israel in 1993 from Ukraine, where he was born. When his father passed away, Sasha took responsibility for his family and helped his mother greatly. His friends says that he wanted to be in a combat unit because he wanted to give everything he had to the army. He served in the Egoz unit. He was the pride of his family. Sasha died in battle in Bint Jbel on July 26, 2006. He was 24 years old.