Sgt 1st Class -res- Shmuel Dani Mayzlish

Apr 9, 2002 - Sgt. 1st Class (res.) Shmuel Dani Mayzlish, 27, of Moshav Hemed was one of thirteen IDF soldiers killed and seven injured in the Jenin refugee camp by Palestinian terrorists. An IDF patrol of reserve soldiers was ambushed in a narrow alleyway in the camp by a number of explosive devices and gunfire from the rooftops of surrounding buildings (Operation Defensive Shield).

Sgt. 1st Class (res.) Shmuel Dani Mayzlish was born and raised in Moshav Hemed near Yehud. He studied in the Bar Ilan Yeshiva for his high school education. He served in the Nahal Brigade during his compulsory army service.

After completing the army, Dani studied economics and business management in the College of Management in Ramat Gan. Dani married exactly two years before he was killed. When he didn't phone home in the morning, as was his custom, especially since this was their second anniversary, his wife feared the worse. Later in the day, her fears were confirmed.

Sgt. 1st Class (res.) Shmuel Dani Mayzlish was buried at Moshav Ahiezer. He leaves behind his wife Einav, parents, a brother and a sister.