Eizman, Yitzhak (Itzik)
Yitzhak, son of Tzippora and Ephraim-Fisher, was born on November 18, 1946, in Netanya. He studied at the Talmud Torah, at the Tachkemoni elementary school and at the Bar-Ilan religious high school in Netanya, and later at the Technion in Haifa, where he graduated as a building engineer. He was an outstanding student, though he worked in many other fields besides his studies, and excelled as an athlete. He had common sense, a quick and wide-ranging perception, and his words and opinions, which were heard in the class and among his friends, always gained weight. He loved the country and toured it with his legs all the way. He was cheerful and kind, loved to help others and often planned and did for others, not to receive a reward. He was loved by his friends, and loved by all who saw him. Yitzhak was handsome. He had a good smile and a warm look in his eyes. He was affectionately dubbed Itzik by all. Yitzhak studied at the Technion in the framework of the academic reserve even before his military service, and studied architecture. He planned to specialize in urban planning and in this framework hoped to contribute greatly to his hometown of Netanya. Yitzhak was drafted into the Israel Defense Forces in early September 1965 and was assigned to the Engineering Corps, after which he underwent a course for officers and then an officers’ course, which he completed as an outstanding trainee. He was an excellent officer and fulfilled his duties impeccably, with professional knowledge and personal skills, and always held positions above his level, and participated in the Six-Day War in the conquest of Tulkarm and Nablus And was awarded the Six-Day War and the Operational Service Award, and during his vacations from the army, Development areas and difficult areas, such as the expansion of the potash plants in Sodom. On December 6, 1973, Itzik’s car went on a mine during a tour of the enemy territory and he was killed and brought to rest in the military cemetery in Netanya. And his parents wrote a book about his memory and the memory of the students who fell in Israel’s wars, including his words about Yitzhak.
