Ben Levko and David. Israel was born in Tajikistan, then in the Soviet Union on February 3, 1987. An elderly child of his parents who was born when his mother was forty years old, a son born after three daughters: Jana, Margarita and Ella. His father told him that when he was a child in Israel, at home in the Soviet Union, he warned him not to approach the neighbor’s dog, but Israel did not listen – until one day the dog bit him. When Israel was eight years old, the family immigrated to Israel and settled in Holon. He was fondly named Israel – Igor, and his friends quickly glued to him a local nickname – Yigal, who studied at the Revivim State School in Holon and went on to work at the “Max 1 Payne” high school in Tel Aviv. Israel was the light of the family, his sister said, and throughout his life the parents were very involved in his development, and he had a special relationship with his mother, who was dominant in his life, The family was his mother-in-law. Among other things, the mother and her son shared a great love for history, and spent hours analyzing historical wars and processes. Even with the father, Israel had a good relationship, which tightened as the child grew up and became a man. The three older sisters often spoiled Israel for their little brother, and he consulted with them throughout his life. In 2001, when the two older sisters left the house, Ella, who was closest to him at age, was his closest friend. Sometimes, because the parents did not speak Hebrew, she was also a mother. The brother-sister relationship was mutual, and Israel consulted with his sisters and consulted with him, as his sister Ella said: “We so admired and loved him that sometimes it seemed that he was not a younger brother but an older brother, because he was the one who advised us so well And who made great efforts to help us and encourage us in times of distress. ” The atmosphere of pampering in which Israel grew did not prevent him from being a diligent boy, who in every freedom worked odd jobs and thus helped the family’s economy. While in high school, he specialized in the Electric Company branch of the vehicle department where he studied, and also worked as a shaliach in a neighborhood vegetable store. His mother tried to convince Israel to work a little less and spend a little more, but he always told her that helping at home was more important than entertainment. Israel’s diligence attracted the attention of his managers at the Electric Company, and after his internship, he was offered the opportunity to remain a full-time employee – a proposal that very few high school students had won. Thus began eighteen-year-old Israel to work full-time in the Electric Corporation. During the course of his work, he was asked to cancel his military service for economic reasons, but Israel refused to do so because he wanted to fulfill his obligation to the state and serve in the IDF. Israel liked to listen to the music of Israeli artists, was interested in computers and was a “freak” of computer games, as well as his games and the clothing of the brands he acquired , Financed Israel from the income of his work, and made sure not to burden the household economy Easygoing, sociable and loving man. His parents told him to contrast stood out – a young man of medium height over a meter tall, with a broad and solid body, and that bodyFor he is a man of a gentle and generous soul, a man who shares everything he has with his friends and loved ones. “You have always been willing to help and you were there for us, even before we were there,” said the friends of Israel. Asking. ” After Israel’s sisters married and had children, he was discovered as a dedicated and loving uncle, who played with his nephews – David, Genet’s son, Yarin and Lior, Margherita’s children – at every free moment. On the eve of his enlistment in the IDF, Israel already planned its future in detail: At the end of the service, he planned to make the big trip to South America, and from his return he planned to continue to study and specialize in the field of automotive mechanics, a field in which he planned to work and succeed. “Even when it was hard, in the days he studied and worked and slept very little, he did not spare love for his family, he often visited me and my sisters as much as he could and tried as hard as he could to be with friends. His friends loved him and asked his girlfriend, and he was out of a desire not to disappoint them and his mother, who wanted to socialize with friends, spent as much time with them as possible … The hopes of his parents and his family that if he had the opportunity he would reach greatness was not false, He was not afraid of every task he faced and did everything with a smile and a love for his family, his friends and all those around him. “Israel joined the IDF on August 9, 2006. He was assigned to the Ordnance Corps, in accordance with his high school studies and his authority in the field of vehicles, and began basic training. Israel was intended to serve as a mechanic of vehicles at the Technological Corps Training Base in the Ordnance Corps. Israel fell during his service on August 12, 2006, three days after his enlistment, in a car accident. In the accident at the Holon junction, two more friends were killed: Yaniv Ohayon and Ro’i Yaari. Israel was nineteen and a half years old in its fall. He was laid to rest in the military cemetery in Holon. Survived by his parents and three sisters. Israel’s sister, Ella, wrote: “The pain of the loss of a family member is a severe pain, my younger brother Israel is doomed to us in one sharp, quick and painful moment, whose suffering we carry with us and carry with us forever. Of my mother, who as long as he was in her life was a woman full of joy of life, love and strength, and who radiated optimism and joy that stuck to all of us and all those around her … This woman who had not yet been in the accident was mentally healthy and strong and happy stopped functioning … She cries all night, To visit the grave of Israel, where sometimes she finds her a bit of peace … My father also finds it difficult to cope with the great grief … and I and my sisters remain We were alone without the younger brother we loved, respected and admired for his diligence and devotion to the family … Although my brother was an old man, we always treated him respectfully as an elder brother in light of his maturity, his help, and his support for the whole family. All I know is that I have lost my little brother – a big boy, a good-hearted man who loved to help anyone who came along his way, and even though he did not know what to do. He had time to find out how to give everyone love, listening and real friendship … The loss we feel is incomprehensible, and words are moths Es not suffice to describe its intensity. ” Israel’s friends eulogized: “There are so many things we did together, but there are many things that we planned and could do, we always sat and thought about what we would do after we finished school and the army,We will succeed in life, we will all go our separate ways, but we will all stay together … We have a lot of things now, bad and good, but everything good looks bad enough and incomplete without you. At first it was hard to digest the thought, every time the phone rang we would have the idea that it was you, but then we would return to a bitter reality and realize that it was impossible. We feel that you are always among us and protect us from all evil, still trying to help us in whatever you can. We will always miss you, we will remember and we will love you. “
