Iluz, Nissim

Nissim, son of Sarah and David, was born on July 22, 1953, in Golamia, Morocco, and immigrated to Israel with his family in August 1956. He attended the Nativ-Yitzhak elementary school in Netivot and at the Beit Yehuda Yeshiva in Kfar Maimon He graduated from the “Himmelfarb” High School in Jerusalem, in the humanities track, and his studies were funded by the Fund for Outstanding Students, and the principal of his school testified that he was a gifted, diligent, diligent, quiet and modest boy. Nissim was a member of the “Bnei Akiva” movement and remained attached to the nest even after his enlistment, and he visited it frequently: He was a Gadna trainee and participated in marches with his friends and was a photo enthusiast. He had a collection of landscape photographs, all taken from unique photographic angles. He was a solid, muscular lad, handsome-looking, with a smiling nature and little complaining. He did not know how to be angry, for he excelled in my peace of mind, tenderly and modestly. He enrolled and was accepted to economics and sociology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Nissim was drafted into the Israel Defense Forces in mid-November 1971 and volunteered for the Paratroopers Brigade, but because of Brod Bidu, he was assigned to the Artillery Corps, and after completing his basic training course, he was awarded a high grade (90). On the banks of the Suez Canal and the Golan Heights outposts, a few weeks before the Yom Kippur War broke out, Nissim was transferred to one of the bases in the center of the country, where he was trained by soldiers and recruits. During his vacations he always found time to help his father in his shop and make it easier for him to do his work. In the Yom Kippur War, Nissim took part in the braking battles against the Egyptians on the Sinai front, and during one of the battles on October 20, 1973, in the area of ​​the bridgehead in the West Bank of the Suez Canal, Nissim was injured in an exchange of artillery fire and was killed. In the Mount Herzl cemetery in Jerusalem, leaving behind a father, a mother, three brothers and five sisters, who was promoted to the rank of sergeant, and in a letter of condolence to the bereaved family, his commander wrote: “Nissim was a courageous, diligent and disciplined soldier; Dedicated and faithful man until the last moment. “His parents donated a Torah scroll to commemorate their son Nissim.