David was the son of Turkish immigrants to Cuba. He grew up and studied in Havana. At a young age, he joined the Maccabi movement, and excelled as an athlete. He was an athletics teacher in an elementary school in his city. Upon learning of the UN decision on the creation of Israel, David contacted the Etzel and joined the Maccabi group, and trained as a military man in preparation for emigrating to Israel. Together with his comrades, he was sent to France and met with fellow compatibilists from different countries. He was part of the group that boarded the Altalena ship that sailed to Israel to join the fighters and transport weapons. He died as a result of the attack on the ship off the coast of Tel Aviv. He was buried in the Nahalat Yitzhak military cemetery.