Amir Lavi was born and raised in Jerusalem in the Ein Kerem neighborhood. He finished his studies at Yasa High School – a science and arts high school majoring in art. Amir was an artist at heart and painting and drawing were an inseparable part of him.
Amir has many impressive paintings and drawings that form a mosaic of his life. Through his works of art it is possible to discern his mindset, his thoughts, his feelings and his development as a person consolidating his identity
Along with art, music was his great love. He played the guitar and even hours before he fell he was still playing with the guys at the Military Outpost. He loved music from many different genres. He researched in depth about the various songs, about the artists and what is behind the texts. Amir made many playlists from different periods.
Shortly before his fall, he made a playlist that he called a ‘funeral playlist’ and asked that if and when the time comes we play it. This is a cynical, funny, intelligent and kickass playlist. More than all the styles he liked rock the most.
Above all, Amir was a people person. He had many friends who surrounded him, he connected and people connected with him thanks to his ability to see a person for who he is without judgment or bureaucracy. Always ready to listen and help. His home and heart were always open with a warm and wide smile. He was a man of values and a true Zionist. He loves the country and the people and for this reason enlisted to be a fighter in the Nahal Brigade.
He served in the 50th Battalion in the auxiliary division. He was proud and saw his military service as a privilege and a mission. Amir was a man of many facets. So many sides existed in it, some of them can even seem opposite to each other. But magically and miraculously all these existed and lived in him in peace and thanks to this he was able to live in his short life a very full and varied life.
Amir fell on 7.10.23 in the Sufa Military Outpost while he and his friends were fighting inside and outside the Military Outpost. A heroic battle thanks to which many civilian lives were spared. Amir was a beloved son and a wonderful brother to his sister Tamar. An amazing grandson and cousin. He is so missed and always will be 💚
On Saturday the 7th of October, the mortar platoon of the 50th battalion is on alert at dawn near the armored personal carriers, which are outside the Military Outpost in the western area.
At around 6:30 am a massive rocket fire attack starts from Gaza to Gaza Envelope and the Sufa Military Outpost itself, the platoon mounts the mortars and receives an order to prepare explosive shells as a response, the late Roy Chappel , the Company Commander of the Military Outpost, conveys to the platoon a datum point for firing the shells and they start firing mortars to the point.
After firing about 25 mortar bombs while under rocket fire from Gaza and a suicide drone exploding near them, the platoon began to hear small arms fire and realized that there is an infiltration of terrorists from Gaza towards the Military Outpost.
The platoon disembarks from the armored personal carries and divides into three small forces that protect at 180 degrees the back guard entrance of the Military Outpost, the fighters return fire in the direction of the terrorists while bringing additional ammunition from the Military Outpost and giving first aid treatment to the wounded.
After a long battle and with a distinct numerical disadvantage, the platoon received anti-tank fire.
At this stage, when there are already several wounded in the platoon, they decide to gather inside the Military Outpost.
Four wounded soldiers enter the nearest room next to the rear guard entrance (the late Tal Levy , the late Amir Lavi , Amit Khazri and Yonti Beit Halevi). When two other fighters (the late Nachman Dekal and Gili Sokolovsky) cover the room under massive fire and grenades being thrown at them, the rest of the platoon runs to the protected dining room.
When the soldiers from the Nahal Patrol barricaded themselves in the dining room hear that there are wounded in the room next to the rear guard, two medics together with another soldier for cover (the late Amit Most , the late Ofir Melman and the late Gali Shakotai ) decide to leave the dining room under fire to treat and evacuate the wounded.
The two medics enter the room and give first aid to two wounded soldiers who were hit in the upper limbs and these, together with another fighter who is covering them (Amit Khazri, Yonti Beit Halevi and Gili Sokolovsky) run under fire into the protected dining room.
The medics continue treating two more wounded in the room who cannot walk on their own, but at this stage the terrorists blow up the door of the rear-guard entrance, kill the two fighters covering the room, break into the room and kill everyone in it – the two medics and the two wounded.
The late Amit Most , the late Ofir Melman , the late Gali Shakutai , the late Nachman Dekal , the late Tal Levy and the late Amir Lavi .
