Angel, Yoel

Yoel (Avraham), son of Rivka and Leon, was born on 22 December 1953 in Haifa. and studied at the Reali School in Haifa. When he was seven years old, he traveled with his parents abroad and completed his elementary studies at the Solomon Schechter School in New York, where he also began high school, then returned to Israel and completed his studies at the Reali High School in Haifa. He loved his classmates: “A good friend who was never too much, and always fun being with him; Brother to all of us and a friend who, after every football game, invited both sides to his home, where we ate and laughed and always had a great time; very devoted to his family; Had a wonderful ability to give a feeling of home, both in New York and in Haifa, where many of us visited him and to whom he invited us all over again; He was Yoel, whom we all learned and admired when he was with us … “Yoel was an excellent athlete and loved table tennis, and devoted much of his spare time to swimming, cycling and horseback riding. “His friends appreciated Yoel as a man of lofty values, candid and honest, and these traits were also fond of his commanders and friends in the IDF. Yoel was drafted into the IDF at the beginning of August 1972 and volunteered for the Navy, but in the early days of his service he decided to join the Armored Corps, mainly because his brother was an officer in this corps, and after completing basic training for tanks, When Yoel was unable to find his unit, he joined a reserve unit and served as a liaison officer on a tank crew on the 7th of Tishrei 5740 (7.10.1973), in a battle that was abandoned in the Golan Heights Southwest of the Hoshenia junction, his tank was hit and Yoel was killed and brought to eternal rest in the military cemetery in Haifa. left behind parents a sister and brother, after his fall he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant-colonel, his friend said: “You searched for the war with a feeling of not staying behind at such crucial moments, a friend who knew him during his military service, wrote: “I met Yoel as a friend from the Carmel, as a beloved friend, and a handsome young man. The deeper acquaintance we had in the army … always worked out with everyone, and never needed the help from anyone. Was a disciplined, serious soldier and loved by his commanders. “One of his friends wrote:” Yoel was sensitive to justice. A family friend wrote to his parents: “Yoel always appeared to me as a symbol of peace of mind, peace, warmth, intelligent eyes and good heart. His parents built a music room for him in the Reali School in Haifa, where he studied.