Lieutenant Adar Ben Simon, a 20-year-old from the township of Naveh Ziv in the North of
Israel, was a platoon commander in the Homefront hospital at the Zikim military base, and
she is also a Homefront search and rescue officer. When Adar and the other commanders on
the base realized that terrorists had broken into the premises, they decided to protect the
new recruits under their command and ordered them all into the base shelter. In addition,
some 30 survivors of the Nova massacre had arrived at the base as well, joining the others in
the shelter. Thanks to the actions of Lieutenant Adar and her fellow officers, the lives of
some 120 people were saved. After a 40 -minute fire exchange with the terrorists, the latter
were repelled, and a Southern command force arrived on the premises and evacuated the
wounded and dead. Adar and another six commanders paid with their lives to protect the
others. Adar was awarded a posthumous Lieutenant rank. May she rest in peace.
