Itai Yehuda Bausi was raised with his three siblings in the protected environment of Kibbutz Kvutzat Yavne, near Ashdod. Bausi's Mom Juliana-Dora made aliyah at the age of 24 from Queen's NY. Itai served as a commando fighter in the elite Duvdevan unit, and was set to finish his service in December. Itai, on leave from his military service, had gone to the Supernova party with friends late Friday night after having Shabbat dinner with his family. As the rockets began falling, Itai and close friend Ben Mizrachi, a lone soldier from Vancouver, tried to drive home but terrorists blocked their car. Itai went back to the site of the party without a weapon to help people who were injured, bringing them to the first aid tent along with Mizrachi who was an army medic. As the terrorists approached, Itai tried to escape but was shot in the back and in his leg.
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