Drori, Jacob (Cookie)

Son of Sonia and Moshe, was born on August 2, 1948, in Givatayim. Jacob was born at the end of the War of Independence. He was a sick child and the difficulties of the austerity period were not good for him. But slowly, Jacob grew stronger and stronger, and was as healthy as the other children. And since then his childhood has gone through normally. Yaakov began studying at Gordon Elementary School in Givatayim, bought him many friends and played with them, mostly in soccer. In order to strengthen his body, he exercises every day at Hapoel Ramat Gan facilities. Jacob was a good and disciplined student, and he loved his school and its atmosphere. After graduating from elementary school, Yaakov enrolled in the ORT school, but after one year he stopped his studies and began working as an agent for publishing books. Here his success was complete. His ability to speak and his pleasantness brought him many clients, and he found his livelihood with dignity. Yaakov was drafted into the IDF in early May 1966, was a regular soldier, quiet and disciplined, and his unit passed the Six Day War and the War of Attrition that followed, and after he had hepatitis, Jacob was transferred to the Air Force, After three years of impeccable service, Yaakov was released from regular service and assigned to reserve duty in the armored corps as a half-track driver. His health improved, and Jacob embarked on routine security measures to protect the country’s borders. During the Yom Kippur War he fought in an armored unit. In June 1983, Yaakov married Rachel Zadok, and the two rented an apartment in Ramat Gan and began planning their future. Five weeks after he married, Yaakov was called to active reserve duty. On the 28th of Elul 5743 (August 16, 1983), Sergeant Ya’akov fell in the line of duty and was brought to rest at the military cemetery in Kiryat Shaul, where he left a wife, parents and sister in a condolence letter to his bereaved family. In the unit, quiet and performing any task imposed on him is even difficult and unpleasant without any complaint “