major benjy hillam
Benjy, who was nicknamed "Ben" by his friends, planned his military career and served as a company commander in the Egoz unit. Only three weeks before his death, he married Ayala and moved to live with her in Maccabim-Reut. One of his family friends said: "He was a man of great stature, he loved the army and planned a military career, 'salt of the earth.' There are not many people like him, this is an absolute disaster that something like this happens only three weeks after we all saw him so happy at his wedding." He was 27.