Yigal was born on March 15, 1949 in Baghdad, Iraq, to his parents Yaffa and Reuven. He was two years old. The family immigrated to Israel in 1951 when he was two years old. He received his first education at the Neveh Zayit kindergarten in Lod. He did his elementary education at the Pardes School in Ramat Gan, where the family moved to live, and his high school education was acquired at Dvir and Modi’in, Ramat Gan, and successfully passed his matriculation exams in 1967. His diligence was praised by teachers and principals. He was a member of the youth movements Hashomer Hatzair and Hanoar Haoved Vehalomed, and took part in activities, trips and camps that took place in these frameworks and within the framework of the Gadna. In leisure he liked the reading and especially the reading of William Shakespeare’s plays. His hobbies were fishing and photography. In fishing he saw “escape” into a quiet and peaceful world. He often came back after many hours without fish. On the question “Where is the fish?” He would reply casually: “I threw them back into the water.” Yigal was drafted into the Israel Defense Forces in August 1967 and served in the Armored Corps, completing a tank artillery course and a course in charge of connections and excelling in brigade exercises as a gunner, taking part in training and operational activities of the unit. And was assigned to reserve duty at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where he was assigned to reserve duty at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In his third year studies he left behind his work In this period, he expressed his desire to be independent and independent, so he spent his vacations in Be’er Sheva where he was employed as a construction manager, worked in postal services and mail sorting, and began to specialize in practical work at a pharmacy. Yigal saw them as the main thing, and this was where his professional development lay, and at the end of the last year he was informed that he had been awarded a scholarship and an enlarged loan due to his impressive success at the end of the year examinations. These, however, did not come to fruition. In Yigal’s image, many positive qualities were combined, which were a source of hope and expectations for his parents and friends. Yigal had principles that he maintained consistently and consistently. He was characterized by a dynamic approach to solving some problem, determination, persistence, and adherence to goals he set for himself. Yigal instilled confidence and optimism. He brought together friends and breathed a cheerful spirit among those around him. He was loyal, interested in others and making sincere efforts to help him solve problems and overcome them. He used to say, “You know, I always have an alternative.” Thanks to these qualities, he was elected to the Student Committee of the School of Pharmacy. He was known for his modesty, his low self-sufficiency, and his rapid adaptation to every environment in which he lived. In this way he managed to quickly become fond of his friends and gain their trust and sympathy thanks to his integrity and the great confidence he instilled. On the Day of Atonement, 5734 (1974), he was drafted and from there begins the chain of events as described by comrades who remained from the battalion: “At midnight, Yigal was seen on the tank’s lead, heading south to Sinai. We set out for the first nine tanks to stop the Egyptians, including Yigal’s tank. After a night of traveling, a three-hour battle began on Sunday morning on the Romanian-Belusa route. In this battle we destroyed one hundred and twenty Egyptian commandos who were landed at night by helicopters and who were waiting for our tanks. The regular soldiers were mortally wounded and left with very few tools. In fact, the first force to advance the Egyptians was our power. After the commando ambushWe advanced and caught two junctions (north of the second line). We were ordered to move toward Kantara and boarded two routes that same evening. Our goal was to rescue our soldiers who were besieged in the strongholds. The divers succeeded in escaping. Forty went out and gathered only twenty-four of them. The others encountered Egyptian ambushes. On Monday morning we were ordered to begin moving toward the Firdan Bridge, toward the hills from which we had carried out the attack on the bridge. The movement was in combat with the Egyptians, who tried to advance and seize the route. Towards noon we reached the hills, about three kilometers from the canal, and we entered, twelve tanks, and a cavern, and the Egyptians opened fire with tanks, artillery, and missiles, a few tanks, four tanks managed to get out and three more tanks joined us later. ” On the afternoon of that day, the 8th of Tishrei 5734 (October 8, 1973), Yigal fell in battle over the Firdan. After many months of uncertainty and anxiety, he emerged from the custody of a missing person. Yigal was brought to Israel’s grave in the military section of Kiryat Shaul. In his words to the family, Maj. Gen. Assaf Yaguri said: “The Battle of the Firdan was one of the cruel battles, and fate apparently invites rare people with special qualities as Yigal had with bitter and cruel battles like the fate of all of us in Firadan on October 8, 1973. Yigal stood out for his personality, qualities and talents Military operations. Was a good friend, a devoted and loyal friend, and these qualities also come to Batween, who is wonderful in the warmth and closeness of the family and her anxieties, as I accompanied them and as they accompanied you to this day. We all, commanders and bad guys, family, parents, brothers – all of us are shocked, hurt and miserable words to tell everything we have to tell each other and we all go. We have been through difficult and bitter days since October and here is the end of the road, but this is an endless road. We broke through and reached where we were. “
