Staff Sgt. Amit Most, 20: Nahal soldier dreamed of studying in London

Staff Sgt. Amit Most, 20, a paramedic in the Nahal Brigade’s elite reconnaissance unit, from Modiin, was killed on October 7 battling the Hamas invasion of the Sufa IDF outpost.

Amit spent the weekend on base, and with the start of the rocket fire headed for the bomb shelter. Upon learning of the infiltrating terrorists, Amit and Staff Sgt. Ofir Melman headed out to defend the outpost and treat the wounded. They managed to rescue a number of wounded soldiers before both Amit and Ofir were killed, along with 11 others on base, including Staff Sgt. Gali Shakotai and Sgt. Nahman Dekel.

Amit was buried on October 11 in Modiin. He is survived by his parents, Hagit and Ehud, and his siblings Yaron and Michal.

Born and raised in Modiin, Amit loved music and reading, and volunteered with the Krembo Wings organization for children with special needs. He loved the city of London, and dreamed of one day getting a degree in psychology there, his family said.

In December 2021 he enlisted in the IDF, and was accepted into the Orev company in the Nahal Brigade’s special reconnaissance unit, where he trained as a paramedic, serving first as a team medic and later as a company medic.

His girlfriend of three years, Adar Moshaof, told Ynet that they met when she was 16 and Amit was 17 — and realized they shared the same birthday.

“Two weeks later we were a couple, everything came easily, we got along incredibly,” she said. “We dreamed of flying together to study in London — he would learn psychology and I would study interior design — we imagined the little apartment we’d live in. Three months after Amit was killed I flew to London with his family and extinguished the dream.”

Adar said she would get flowers from Amit every Friday, and they would manage to stay in touch even when he didn’t have access to his phone: “When we enlisted, we decided on a few [shared] emojis, the octopus represented ‘I love you.’ When he didn’t have his phone, Amit would take random people’s phones and send me an octopus.”

Amit’s sister, Michal, wrote on Instagram, “I miss you so much, it’s crazy how much your absence is felt in every moment in the day — I want to slap myself for taking the time we had together for granted.”

“I can’t believe that just a week ago I was in London and you were home with the first [army sick days] you took in your life and we spoke on WhatsApp and I bought you the record you’d wanted for a long time — and now it’s in your room on the shelf and still in its packaging,” she wrote.

“I miss our conversations and our jokes, your dumb things, driving with you in the car. I miss the way you made people feel because you were such a special person,” added Michal. “I think you knew how much I loved and admired you, and I hope we will meet again.”

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