Farkash, Yehuda

Yehuda, son of Ilana and Menahem, was born on the 11th of Tevet 5702 (11.1.1942) in Tiberias. He attended elementary school in Moshav Bnei Atarot, and then continued to study for a year and a half at a high school in Petah Tikva. Yehuda grew up in Moshav Bnei Atarot, and after he stopped studying, he worked in his father’s farm in the moshav. Yehuda was drafted into the IDF at the end of July 1959. As a member of the nucleus he was posted to the Nahal Brigade, and for a while, he did the Ein Yahav outpost. After completing basic training, and after completing his training course for infantry and platoon commanders, he was placed as a guide in a paratroop battalion, and afterward, he trained new recruits, and his request to transfer him to the commando unit was not answered, And its role as a non-conventional mortar is determined. His discharge certificate indicated that he had fulfilled his duties to the satisfaction of his superiors. After completing his regular service, he was appointed as a member of a reserve duty position in the Territorial Defense. Yehuda participated in the Six-Day War as a medium-sized mortar destroyer in the Paratroopers Division of the Paratroopers Brigade. After the war, he returned and asked for a transfer to a combat unit and was then assigned to the paratroopers and assigned to a reconnaissance company. Later he was transferred to another infantry battalion, which was stationed in the entire area. After completing his regular service, he married his girlfriend Margalit and established his home with her in Moshav Mazor. He had an agricultural farm with greenhouses for flowers. When the Yom Kippur War broke out, Yehuda was called to his unit and participated in battles in the Sinai. On October 10, 1973, Yehuda was hit by a bullet in the head and killed in pursuit of Egyptian commando soldiers in the Abu Ruds area. He was brought to eternal rest in the cemetery in Bnei Atarot. He left behind a daughter, son, parents and sister. After his fall, he was promoted to sergeant.