Israeli, Mordechai

The only son of Moses and Pnina. He was born on the 20th of Shvat 5709 (20.2.1949) in Tel Aviv. He completed his studies at the Tachkemoni religious elementary school in Daughter of-Yam, and when he was a student, he went to sea, to swim and to sail in boats, and this attracted him to become an active member of the “Zevulun” seafaring union. Despite his tender age (13 years old), he traveled on all the shores of the country in sailboats and served as a guide and commander of a boat and continued to study at the Mevo’ot Yam Maritime School, and when he was a graduate of the school his way was paved to the merchant fleet of “Etrog” He served as a kadat more than a year before his army service, and as an only child he could have exempted himself from service in a combat unit, but Mordecai, who as a child aspired to the sea and loved his homeland, knew no limits. By the first officer of “Etrog” for his devotion to others and diligence in work accompanied him and his service in the Navy, which began in February 1967. Monthly These courses made with and associate with the termination was sent with two outstanding students to be paid out to Israel. “Eilat” temporarily rose to the date of departure pressed to Israel two weeks before the New Year. His actions on the night of the fears of the enemy’s attack on the destroyer by the Egyptian missiles were full of glory and heroism. While the ship was shelled, Mordecai was among the injured people: shrapnel hit him, but this young man, apparently eighteen and a half years old, ignored his injury and refused to board the rescue vessels that arrived at the site, so that no one knew of his injuries. Who worked a few hours to save many of his friends by putting them on helicopters and only then he himself boarded the last helicopter and then one after midnight When he was brought to the hospital, he was no longer alive, and he was facing a Romanian beach on the 18th of Tishrei 5728 21.10.1967) was brought to rest in the military cemetery in Kiryat Shaul, and his friends from the Zevulun Association dropped his memory in Called the boat after him.