Fox, Moshe

Moshe, the son of Ahuva and Avraham, was born in Petah Tikva on Sept. 29, 1949, where he studied at the Neve Oz Elementary School and then studied for one year at the ORT school in Kfar Saba. He devoted great time to reading books, and in the professional school he excelled mainly in the technical professions, and was an outstanding athlete, and as a youth he played soccer in the Hapoel Petah Tikva team and later, when he was a member of the Egged, On the team of the cooperative and was even injured several times on the soccer field Moshe was a young, energetic and energetic entrepreneur, tall, He was a good-hearted son, devoted to his parents and a husband loyal to his wife, an exemplary family man who nurtured his home and did everything for his family, and was drafted into the IDF in early February 1968. After a training period he spent many days in the Suez Canal area and participated in the War of Attrition and chasing after terrorists. After he was discharged from the army, he joined the “Egged” cooperative as a member. At first he worked in his profession, mechanic and electrician, and then began to work as a driver. He loved his profession, did his work with responsibility and resourcefulness, and was very fond of his co-workers. Passengers who regularly traveled with him on his regular route – Tel Aviv – Haifa – noted his good attitude toward passengers, his good manners and pleasant manner. He always welcomed every traveler. His friends at Egged testify that he contributed greatly to the cooperative and to his work, especially when he worked in a garage in Tel Aviv. He worked there tirelessly and spent nights as a day to repair and improve the level of care for the company’s vehicles. One of his friends wrote that he had also tried to contribute to the “Egged” from the tradition he had absorbed in the paratroopers. In the Yom Kippur War, Moshe was a driver of a unit of the Medical Corps, which operated alongside armored units in the Suez Canal sector. The unit went through a difficult battle route in Sinai. His commander wrote that Moshe, although he was a driver in his unit in the unit, “was a leader in his sweeping energy and passion, in which he caught up with others.” Although he was not meant to go with the intruder, who crossed the canal first, Moshe volunteered to drive the medical vehicle and was among the first to cross. He was hit and killed by a bombardment from the western side of the canal on 24 October 1973 and was brought to eternal rest in the Petach Tikva cemetery. Survived by a wife and son, who was 3 months old when his father, parents and brother fell. In a letter of condolence to the bereaved family, his commander wrote that Moshe “knew how to push, repair, help – all with joy and dedication, with unending zeal.” Moshe’s widow and parents commemorated his memory by setting up a memorial site at the Neve Oz school; In memory of him and his image were published in the booklet “Egged” in memory of the members of the cooperative, who fell in the war, as well as in a memorial booklet of the Ahad Ha’am High School in Petah Tikva.