Hava (Fawzi), Ami

Ami, son of Eliaz and Na’im, was born on the 5th of Adar 1948 in Baghdad, Iraq. In 1951, he immigrated to Israel with his family in Ramat Hasharon, where the family settled in the state elementary school, continued his studies at the Rothenberg vocational high school, and graduated from a building engineering college in Tel Aviv. Broad-shouldered and broad-hearted, a devoted son to his parents, diligent in everything he did and with a sense of responsibility, he had many good friends, and everywhere he visited he adopted new friends who kept him loyal. He was a member of the Hanoar Haoved Vehalomed movement in Ramat Hasharon, and was an enthusiastic athlete – Ami enjoyed his country and traveled a lot on its paths, but most of all he loved life, he knew how to spend time, he knew how to enjoy himself, and he knew how to win the hearts of others. In the Six Day War, he fought with the division of Major General Yaffe, who first arrived in the Suez Canal, but his tank was hit by a miracle, and in mid-November 1968 he began to work as a truck driver, He later moved to work at the Herzliya Film Studios, and then returned to his previous job and established a truck company called “Vendors First.” During those years he married his girlfriend Rachel, and eventually a couple named Guy and a daughter named Sagit were born. “When I gave birth to Guy, there was no limit to Ami’s joy. His eyes were streaming with tears. He liked to wash him, he liked to play with him. And wherever he went he took it with him. He was barely four months old when the war broke out. “Ami was an exemplary family man, and in his savings he bought his apartment for his young family and promised to turn it into a palace, a hot nest, and in the Yom Kippur War, (21.10.1973), was killed in the shelling and fell, and was brought to rest in the military cemetery in Kiryat Shaul, leaving behind a wife, a son and a daughter A father, a mother, two brothers and two sisters, and was raised to the rank of sergeant in a letter of condolences to the bereaved family. And Pat, an excellent armor man, who did his best. Was loved and accepted by his comrades and commanders, both as a soldier and as a human being. “Moshe Dayan wrote:” Ami was a devoted soldier and an excellent friend. He was loved by everyone who knew him. “