Zechariah was modest, optimistic, brilliant, hard-wording and dedicated. He died in Gaza on reserve duty in the Swords of Iron War, at the age of 32, leaving his wife, 3 young children, parents, 3 brothers and a loving, extended family. Zechariah was serving as a loader in a tank at the time of his death, a member of Platoon 87 of the 14th Brigade.