Kelly, Isaac
The son of Nechama, born in Beirut, Lebanon, and Shaul, born in India, was born on July 30, 1958 in Haifa. His Yaffa childhood was spent in the green fields of Kiryat Binyamin. Yitzhak began studying at the Sprinzak elementary school in the Kirya and studied there until the sixth grade. He then moved to the junior high school at the Rogozin School in Kiryat Ata, where he studied until the ninth grade. Yitzhak was a quiet, modest, disciplined student who loved animals and raised dogs and cats in his home. After completing his high school studies, Yitzhak completed his military studies at the “Reali” school in Haifa, where he decided that his future career would be in the IDF. Yitzhak was drafted into the Israel Defense Forces in late October 1976 and volunteered for a naval training course. After a while Yitzhak decided that he was in the paratroops. In the Paratroopers, he underwent a course for infantry and infantry officers, and served as deputy and deputy commander, and from the paratroopers Yitzhak moved to Golani and from there to the paratroop brigade. For a while he even taught at the training base, where he served as deputy head of the arms branch. Shortly before the Peace for Galilee war, Yitzhak, who was already a company commander, received a battalion of recruits from the army. He invested in them the best he had and gave them, except for the skill of fighters, values such as the love of the land, the knowledge of the land and the love of nature, values that were soaked in them. In the middle of an exercise in Ein Gedi, Yitzhak stopped the company and ordered them to look at the herd of ibexes that had passed by. He also went to war when he set up plants next to his belt. Yitzhak’s attitude towards his soldiers was like that of his young sons. He gave them a sympathetic ear and tried to solve as much as they could their personal problems. Things came to such an extent that some of the company’s staff thought it was too “soft” for the soldiers. When the Peace for Galilee war began, Yitzhak’s company was removed from the regular security posts and joined the Magen formation, which made its way from Metula to the outskirts of Beirut. On June 9, 1982, the vanguard of the formation encountered a Syrian ambush near Ein Zahlata, near his grandfather’s birthplace. The tank was hit, and his driver was killed. In an unsuccessful rescue attempt, Captain Yitzhak fell in combat. He was laid to rest in the military cemetery in Haifa. In a letter of condolence to the bereaved family, the defense minister noted that Yitzhak “had a very good commanding ability, a wise man, an officer with a high personal level, very responsible for carrying out missions” , While his direct commander wrote: “Your son fell in a bold attempt to rescue the wounded who were wounded a few minutes earlier. Dear Yitzchak, was a very beloved commander of all his subordinates and commanders, and was known for his calm and comfortable temperament, and he liked to help his commanders and subordinates at any time and in any situation. ” The Magen Formation published a booklet entitled “The Path of the Generations,” in which the lives and deaths of the fallen and Yitzhak are described. His name is commemorated at the “Habanim Fund” near the “Reali” school in Haifa.
