Born on 12/02/1976 in Kiryat Biyalik.

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Drafted to the IDF in August 1994, successfully completed Medics Course, Sappers Course and Reconnaissance Course as part of his training for Sayeret Yael.

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On 22/01/1995 Assaf was seriously injured from a secondary explosive device in a terrorist attack on the Bet Lid Intersection as he delivered first aid to those injured in the initial explosion.

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Assaf succumbed to his wounds on 16/12/1996.

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Buried in the Kiryat Yam (Tzur Shalom) Military Cemetery aged 20.

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In 2003 he was posthumously awarded the Chief of Central Command’s citation for action taken during the attack.

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Corporal Assaf is survived by his parents, two brothers and a sister.