Hadar, Yoav

Yoav, son of Zohara and Meslem, was born on 15.5.1953 in Moshav Batcha in the Negev and studied at the elementary school in the moshav, Yoav was drafted into the IDF in mid-August 1971 and assigned to the Armored Corps. He was a model soldier, excelled in all the courses he took – he was a tank driver, an armored personnel carrier commander, and a commander of a armored infantry unit. He did most of his regular service in various positions in the Sinai strongholds. But when he did not fulfill his request, he devoted himself to the job he was assigned and spent nights and days to provide for the soldiers’ education needs and to take care of them for movies, entertainment evenings, newspapers and gifts Yoav served as commander of the armored infantry and armored personnel carrier, and fought in the southern sector of the Suez Canal in the battle against On October 16, 1973, Yoav participated in the counterattack To his company Chatam Road junction and the axis of Mitla. The company’s mission was to capture an enemy infantry post and secure the tank battalion from the wings, and Yoav was killed at the entrance to the Mitla Passage, and left behind his parents and seven brothers and sisters. His parents donated a Torah scroll to the synagogue in Moshav Batha, and the regional council of Merchavim published a booklet in memory of Yoav, in which he spoke about his character from the family, teachers, commanders and friends.