Beten, Isaac

Son of Haim and Victoria. He was born on 15 April 1951 in Or Yehuda and studied at the Ort-Yad Singelovski vocational high school in Tel Aviv, specializing in electricity, and was an outstanding student, but he did not boast. He was a very active activist and took part in marches and expeditions. Thanks to his success in studies, he was accepted to the academic reserve and in his mind was to continue to study at the Technion in Haifa. But when he reached the time of his enlistment he could not retire from his comrades and decided to enlist in full service. Yitzhak joined the IDF in mid-October 1969 and was assigned to the Engineering Corps, where he completed a training course for platoon commanders and completed a course in military engineering. His commanders, impressed by his wisdom and resourcefulness, predicted a bright future for him. He had gone through the horrors of the War of Attrition with his unit, and in July 1972 he took off his uniform and was about to travel to the United States on a mission of the Defense Ministry to complete his studies. His commanders urged Yitzhak to join the permanent army and his Lev did not allow him to refuse these pleas, being aware of the importance of his role. He volunteered for the career army and was appointed as an operations officer in a combat engineering battalion in the Sinai. On the 16th of Shvat, 5763 (16.1.1973), Lieutenant Yitzhak fell in the line of duty and was put to rest in the military cemetery in Kiryat Shaul. His commander wrote in a letter of condolence to the family: “I knew Yitzhak as a second lieutenant, a counselor. When I met him before his return to career service, I immediately asked him to join my unit. I wanted a new spirit, more serious, quieter; I wanted an officer to trust and lean on, I wanted a partner. I found all these things. “