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Amit (Hirshman), Yechiel (Chechko)

Amit (Hirshman), Yechiel (Chechko)


Son of Yaakov and Olivia. He was born on May 30, 1950 in Tiberias. He studied at the Achdut School and at the Loewenhartz High School in Kiryat Motzkin. Yechiel was a member and a player in the Maccabi basketball team in Kiryat Motzkin and in the Hapoel soccer team in Kiryat Haim. He was also an active member of the Municipal Dance Department of the Haifa Municipality. He was active in public work as president of the “Rotary Club” of the youth of the Krayot region. He was a good friend and a loyal friend of all acquaintances even when he was in high school and when he was in elementary school. He was always loved and loved by everyone. His teachers saw him not only as an ordinary student but also as a friend who shared them with his life and daily problems. Yechiel was a man full of joy, cheerful and Simcha; A wise guy who knew what he wanted and had the will to follow the path he had chosen. So his life was full of interest and content, even though he had only reached 21 short years. Yechiel was drafted into the IDF in early August 1968, and two years later he joined the regular army, where he was assigned to the air force and served as a pilot On July 15, 1971, Lieutenant Yechiel and nine of his comrades fell in line. – The old moshav is named after “Netiv Ha’asara”, named after Yehiel and his friends “Hof Hane’ara”, not far from where they fell, “The story of their lives and deaths was commemorated in a book that was published in their memory by the families and is called” the enrichment. “

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