Ben Yosefa and Sami. Born on Wednesday, March 8, 1973 in Ramat Gan, a young brother to Sigal and Meirav, Yair was a mischievous boy who wanted to understand what things were built and how they worked. Very much like every parent would have dreamed of having a friend who would like him to be in. He smiled and laughed a lot and was very funny, and Yair grew up in Ramat Gan, where he attended the “hill” elementary school and the “Ohel Shem” high school. Brilliant, astounding analytical analyst who dealt with solving complex and complex problems in physics, as evidenced by his father: “You were an excellent and talented student, especially in realism / mathematics, geometry, English, ./ physics though you were a teacher – oracle, / gaze sought the permission solving complex exercises. “You did not need much time to prepare your lessons, and when I was worried about that, you reassured me of your high grades.” When he grew up, Yair became a handsome young man, height and height, 190 cm. His abundant kindness gave him countless true friends. Everyone loved him, his many smiles, his laughter, his great intelligence, his modesty and his honesty. His friends said that “he was sometimes serious to the chasm and at the same time light and cheerful.” A source of pride for his parents and sisters. At the end of July 1991, he was drafted into the Israel Defense Forces, and was sent to the Air Force to the PM unit after finishing his basic training as an outstanding trainee, starting with the unit’s course he was assigned to. (Chaparelle) and went to an officers’ course, which he completed as an exemplary apprentice. Yair completed his training in a basic course for officers of the Military Police. And in the “Stinger” course. As a token of appreciation for his investment and success, he was sent to a platoon commander’s course and later completed a course for battery commandors to take command of the Stinger battery. Yair loved his army service, took care of his soldiers, invested in them and nurtured them, and they responded with great appreciation. According to his commanders, Yair performed every task at the highest possible level. Was stubborn and determined and insisted on wanting to serve the special battery because he believed it was his proper placement. After a period he was promoted to lieutenant. According to his subordinates, Yair knew how to combine concern for his soldiers with high demands, as he demanded of himself. One of his friends described him as “an outstanding soldier, and a commander who is a source of inspiration.” His successes were astonishing, but he did not mention it modestly. At the beginning of October 1994, the soldiers were sent to the Kalanit post in the Gaza Strip for operational employment. On October 23, 1994, Yair fell in the line of duty in Gush Katif, as commander of a force on his way to an operational operation. He was laid to rest in the Kiryat Shaul military cemetery. Survived by his parents and two sisters. At twenty-one years and seven months, Yair was falling. After his death, he was promoted to captain. In a letter of consolation to the family, the unit commander wrote: “Yair was an exemplary commander, a role model and an admirer, full of motivation, diligent, dedicated, mature and responsible … with a smile on his face. He felt the need to do more, to contribute and to give more of himself, and at his request he went to serve in the Burken Dam, where he acted according to his character and personality: dedication, diligence, concern for the individual and others. The family commemorated the memorial book Yair.
