sergeant major mordechai butbul
Just two weeks prior to his death, they celebrated the second birthday of their son Shalev. It never occurred to them that this would be their last celebration together. “Shalev was always more attached to me,” said his wife Cheftzi. “But that weekend in Jerusalem, he wanted only his father, as if he knew that they didn’t have that much time together. He simply didn’t want to leave him for a second, and they played together the whole time.”
When the fighting started along the Lebanese border, Moti was infused with motivation and
requested to join an active unit so that he could fight. “He was one of those who said that this
war is just,” said his wife. “He said that we need to fight to the end and not stop in the middle,
or else we would have another war every two years. He wasn’t afraid.”
Mordechai was killed by a Hezbollah-fired katyusha rocket that struck a staging group in Kfar Giladi on August 6, 2006. He was 28 years old.
When the fighting started along the Lebanese border, Moti was infused with motivation and
requested to join an active unit so that he could fight. “He was one of those who said that this
war is just,” said his wife. “He said that we need to fight to the end and not stop in the middle,
or else we would have another war every two years. He wasn’t afraid.”
Mordechai was killed by a Hezbollah-fired katyusha rocket that struck a staging group in Kfar Giladi on August 6, 2006. He was 28 years old.