Katiei, Moshe
Was born on August 8, 1948, in Rehovot, about ten days after his father’s death in the War of Independence, and was named after his father, Moshe Katie, of blessed memory, when Moshe was four and a half years old Moshe was the only son of his mother, who worked day and night to bring bread to their home, Moshe attended the WIZO elementary school in Rehovot and then studied for three years in the agricultural school Nahalat Yehuda in Rishon Letzion, He was a member of the Hanoar Haoved vehalomed youth movement and joined the Herut movement as well as the Maccabi Rehovot soccer team, and in addition to his formal education, He was especially interested in the subject of history, general science, Hebrew literature and biographies of world leaders, especially in pre-state history books, underground days, and the liberation of the land. In May 1966. He took part in the Six Day War in one of the southern divisions, in the battles of attrition in the Suez Canal and in the pursuit of terrorists in the evening. In the Yom Kippur War, he fought in the Suez Canal and participated in the battles to break into Egypt in the attacking division. After his discharge from compulsory service with the rank of sergeant, Moshe married a wife and gave birth to a son and a daughter. One year before he fell, he entered his new home, after years of living in a one-room apartment with his wife and children. Moshe worked day and night to get out of the housing shortage and give his children a proper education. In the day he worked as a food-stuff agent, and at night as a taxi driver. He felt his time pressing and he had to finish his new home quickly. Moshe fell in the line of duty on the 19th of Adar 5739 (March 19, 1979). The exercise was designed. During an active reserve service, he boarded an anti-tank mine and was killed. He was laid to rest in the cemetery in Rehovot. He left behind a wife, son and daughter, mother, sisters and brother. A letter from his commander to his family said: “I knew him during his service as a reservist, as a wonderful person willing to help and ease everyone without demanding anything for himself. His family commemorated him in a synagogue in Rehovot.
