Baruch, Ilan

Son of Shalom and Shifra. Born on 12.12.1957 in Tel Aviv, he studied at the elementary school in Givat Shmuel and continued his studies at the Remez High School in Bnei Brak and Mishlav in Tel Aviv. For many years he was a member of the Hashomer Hatzair movement at the Tel Aviv branch, and was devoted to his parents and cared for his family. Tall, blond, with large eyes and a mischievous smile, he was naturally optimistic, cheerful and Simcha, and when the Yom Kippur War broke out, he attended seventh grade in high school. Lenn became a serious and withdrawn young man, and he used to be alone in his room and listen to music, and after the war he changed his attitude toward life and decided to leave the school framework Ilan and his friends set up a youth club in their neighborhood and engaged in social activities among the local youth. And volunteered for the paratroopers. He was sent to a parachuting course and later to a paramedics course, and was awarded a certificate of excellence. Was a good soldier, responsible and devoted to his job. As part of his service, he tried not to worry his parents, often visited the house and complained of difficulties. During his vacations he used to help his parents and kept close ties with his friends in the neighborhood and with his family. Ilan told his friends that he wanted to be sent to an officer’s course and that his great dream was to live in Jerusalem after his discharge from the IDF On May 16, 1977, during training, Ilan was killed by a helicopter crash in the Jordan Valley. He was brought to rest in the cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem, and left behind his parents, two brothers and a sister in a letter of condolence to the bereaved family: “Ilan, as many certainly see him, was a good student. Above all, he was a human being in the supreme sense of the word. A person who loved simplicity, life and beauty and fulfilled his principles at every moment of his life. “After Ilan’s fall, his friends called the neighborhood club in Givat Shmuel named for him.