Beit Leed Junction
Terror Attack Place:
Beit Leed
Commemoration Site:
Kefar Yona
Area:
Sharon and Beach
Type:
Monument
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On Sunday January 22nd 1995 at 9:30 Am Shabtai Machpud drove his truck in Beit leed junction just as a suicide bomber exploded in a station packed with soldiers waiting for their ride. Shabtai who was an experienced medic stopped his truck and ran to help the wounded. A second suicide bomber who exploded him self minutes later killed Shabtai.
In the two explosions 22 people were killed, 21 soldiers and one civilian.
Shabtai was 36 years at his time of death. He was survived by his wife and a son, parents a brother and four sisters.
Ten months after Shabtai's death he received a police bravery decoration for his help to the wounded.
The families built at first a Spontaneous commemoration site at the place of attack, after few years the commemoration site few hundred meters east of the attack place was built. this is the site that exist today.
Commemorized:
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President09/01/2008 marc Belzberg marc@mbelz.com
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mr.10/01/2008 shlomo arieli sdarieli@hotmail.com
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freind10/01/2008 izzy steinberg izzysnd@aol.com
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lay a flower11/01/2008 Miriam
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Not forgotten14/01/2008 CK Tan, Singapore
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Mr.14/01/2008 Shimon Addess saddess@netvision.net.il
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nizkor14/01/2008 a proud israeli
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Always remember19/01/2008 Lynn Provencio
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Enough19/01/2008 Marilyn Cytryn amcytryn@netvision.net.il
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Mr20/01/2008 Yoseph ben Hillel
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Dr.20/01/2008 Julinho Aisen mjaisen@gmail.com
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With deepest sympathy21/01/2008 Shacharit
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Mr.22/01/2008 Les Kottler addpro@rogers.com
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Canada remembers23/01/2008 Irwin Durbach irwindurbach@gmail.com
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we hug you23/01/2008 nana and pim pina@012.net.il
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Mr.26/01/2008 Moshe
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Ms.13/02/2008 Osnat Shaham
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Helik22/05/2008 Ya'eli Strauss-Forbus yaekyy@aol.com
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president02/01/2009 izzy steinberg izzy@mixstores.com
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Never Forgotten18/06/2011 Herbby Herbby@mail.com