Exclusive | Jeweler gives free engagement diamonds to soldiers in love in honor of his son who died on Oct. 7

Adir Mesika didn’t have a chance to propose to his girlfriend, Yuli, before he was murdered by Hamas on Oct.7.

So his jeweler father is making sure that any Israeli soldier who wants to marry is armed with the necessary diamond to do so.Alon Mesika will provide free engagement rings to any soldier or reservist looking to pop the question.Adir, 23, a former army commander, fought off terrorists in a shelter without any weapons after taking cover from the Nova festival.He saved the lives of his friends and beloved Yuli, said Adir’s dad.“Adir’s Diamonds” was born in the wake of his tragic death.“Because of Adir, now we will build homes and have many children in Israel,” said Alon. “This is how we win.”Adir was born on the Upper East Side and lived in New Jersey before moving with his family to Israel as a 4-year-old.

He had a passion for basketball, surfing, and jewelry-making — like his diamond-setter dad.Early in 2023, Adir called his dad from his post-army travels in South America and declared he wanted to pursue the family business – launching the pearl-and-ocean-inspired Flow Jewelz company.“I started teaching him and he was a quick learner,” said Alon, adding that his son’s first shipment was sent mere days before Oct.7.

“He was just getting started.”About a month after the terror attack, the Mesika family – including Alon’s wife, Shiri, and three younger children – found a meaningful and personal way to honor Adir’s memory.“I said, ‘let’s donate a diamond engagement ring to the first soldier who wants to propose and build a house,’” recalled Alon, who fired off a Facebook post, reading, “Call me if you want to propose.Come over and take a ring.”His phone rang six minutes later.Reservist Dor Zimel showed up to the family’s Even Yehuda home in the center of the country hours later “with his weapon, full of dust, after just coming from fighting,” recalled Alon, noting the young soldier was anxious ...