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Harel (Mealumiya), Mordechai

Harel (Mealumiya), Mordechai


Son of Miriam and Yitzhak, was born in 1934 in the city of Khan, in Iran, where he attended various schools. Mordechai was a child loved by all. They were pleasant and answered. In his pleasant voice he sang pleasant songs on Sabbaths and holidays, and many praised him for this. In 1951, Mordechai immigrated to Israel as a pioneer in the family, and was accepted to the youth group at Kibbutz Massada. He graduated from the kibbutz regional high school. Mordechai was drafted into the IDF in the middle of August 1952 and was assigned to the Artillery Corps, after completing basic training and completing a driving course and a mechanics course, and was transferred to the Transportation Corps. At the beginning of February 1955, Mordechai was discharged from regular service and began to work as a locksmith in the Merkavim factory, and when he was based at work, he married Esther and the couple who settled in Petah Tikva had four children: two sons Mordechai took part in the Sinai Campaign, during the Six-Day War and in the Yom Kippur War, and was given the signal He was also a professional and self-development photographer, and was active in sports, sports and sports. On June 10, 1983, Corporal Mordecai fell in battle in Lebanon during the Peace for Galilee War and was put to rest at the military cemetery in Petach Tikvah. . He left behind a wife, two sons and two daughters, parents, four sisters and a brother. In a letter of condolence to the bereaved family, his commander wrote: “Mordecai was one of the oldest soldiers in the battalion, and an adult of his age, but he fulfilled his duties as a young man. “He said. Soldiers of his battalion published in his memory, and in memory of Captain Naftali Dodels and Sergeant Efraim Hazan, who fell together with him, a book called “The Lovers and the Pleasant,” with milestones and appreciation for the fallen

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