Hafota, Albert (Abraham Babar)

Son of Hannah and Mordechai. Albert was born on December 19, 1954 in Casablanca, Morocco, and immigrated to Israel with his family in 1955. He studied at the elementary school in Moshav Emunim and at the Ilanot Elementary School in Ashdod, He continued his studies at the Ashdod Comprehensive School of Art and the Ashdod Technical School in the field of car electrical engineering, and was a good student, disciplined and loved by his teachers and teachers, and was enthusiastic about swimming and soccer. And corrected under his hands He loved perfection and far from boasting and deliberation, his humility, sincerity, and fairness were to be known among his friends and thanks to his integrity and He was an optimist and a humorist, and he liked to joke and joking, and he was good at him, and he had a good sense of humor and a good sense of humor. He was very sentimental and devoted to his parents, Albert was drafted into the IDF in early April 1973 and assigned to the air force. During the Yom Kippur War, he served as a car electrician. On the day the war broke out, he left his home and immediately stationed himself at his base. Together with his comrades, he worked hard and devotedly day and night to carry out all the tasks assigned to them throughout the war. His comrades in the unit wrote: “During this period of the Yom Kippur War, Avraham worked tirelessly day and night with great energy and invested his full capacity, all in order to strengthen the body of the vehicle and restore the vehicles to their fitness. “His actions were not in order to receive a reward, but in order to advance the work for the benefit of the unit and for the benefit of the IDF in general. He had a great desire to learn and thirst for knowledge and was never ashamed to ask. He was a favorite of his friends, regular and reserve soldiers. Was loved by his commanders and served as an example of how not to take things to the Lev – things that caused him to be older than him. “As part of his army service, Albert was also annexed to the Golan Heights during the war, where he was exposed to unpleasant and difficult sights. Who was Albert’s accomplice in carrying out the many tasks and demands during the war, on February 26, 1974, Albert fell in the line of duty and was brought to eternal rest in the Ashdod cemetery the next day. He was survived by a father, mother, three brothers and four sisters. After his fall, he was promoted to sergeant. His parents donated a Torah scroll to a synagogue in Ashdod.