Cohen, Israel (“Assi”)

Son of Shaul and Olga. He was born in Aleppo, Syria, on December 1, 1949. The parents, who were educated in Zionism, called for their son, who was born after the establishment of the state, after the State of Israel, and decided to abandon all their property and steal the border In order to reach their destination, first the mother and her two children, followed by the father, and the family settled in Haifa, where he successfully completed his studies at the Shalva Elementary School and was awarded a scholarship to continue his high school studies. . Because of the difficult financial situation of the family and Israel’s strong desire to help earn a living, he left school and began working in his profession. He excelled at work and from the beginning he was paid by an adult worker rather than an apprentice. In November 1966, when he was only 17. He volunteered for the IDF, but his parents refused to sign that they approved his voluntary work and were accepted into the Ordnance Corps and worked there. To volunteer for a combat unit. This time the efforts were carried out by Perry and Assi was taken to the reconnaissance unit. For two years he served in Sayeret and underwent all the difficult training stages, a course for squad commanders, a parachuting course, and more, and fought in the various sectors, and he was loved by all his comrades and commanders. . In November 1968 he contracted hepatitis. After recovery, it was determined that his physical fitness had decreased and he was transferred to a rear unit. But no one as Israel will give up, and after war and persuasion he was transferred to a combat unit – in the Artillery Corps. With his new unit he went down to the canal line and worked day and night there tirelessly. He did everything that was entrusted to him faithfully and efficiently, without complaining or fearing danger. On July 4, 1969, Israel’s sergeant fell in the line of duty and was put to rest at the military cemetery in Haifa. “Israel came to us from a unit with a glorious combat tradition and found here a gray life and hard work day and night,” he wrote in a letter of condolence to the family. “He started working immediately in the new environment. He took over the work thoroughly and easily and never complained, and even when we had to wake him from his sleep and call him to work in the middle of the night he was always ready with a smile on his lips, always willing to help others. Left behind a circle of friends, one of the best members of the unit and a group of commanders who had learned to assess As one of the best soldiers. ” He came from a parachuted unit and was proud of it: When the battalion came to Sinai, Israel was the most prominent figure in the battalion’s armament unit, and was interested in the battalion’s problems and the problems of soldiers from the unit and always offered its willingness to help and carry out any mission. From the social point of view, Israel proved to be a pleasant and pleasant person, and during all the evenings and parties it was prominent: especially during the days of the individual vacation, and even during the most difficult hours of the unit, both in terms of workload and security tension, Controls itself and does not recoil from any difficulty or heavy load of p In his military profession, Israel was shown to be an excellent professional, excelled in his ideas and improvisations – all in order to carry out the tasks assigned to him. “