Kimchi, Ali
Ali, son of Victoria and Dov, was born on 9 December 1951 in Akko and studied at the “Hatomer” elementary school in Acre and later completed his studies at the “Yordei Hasira” naval officers’ school in Acre . Ali spent the first few years of his life at the Nat Natan Experiment Station near Acre, where he spent many hours outdoors. When he was five, his family moved to Akko and a year later began his studies at the school. In her letter to the parents, Ali’s educator said in grades 6-8: “I remember Ali as a boy with Yaffa, mischievous eyes, a mane of hair and a sharp glance, and he was a talented student. When I wanted to get a good answer to my questions, Al Ali and allow him to express his opinion; And of course-I always had brilliant and unusual ideas. The order was away from him, but that did not stop him from taking an interest in the problems of the world and science and reading many books. He was a well-known member of the society and was known as a good friend. “During his last years of elementary school, Eli joined the Scouts youth movement and took part in the activities of the” Scouts, “a joint sailing group for Jewish and Arab youth. He was drafted into the IDF in April 1970 and volunteered for the Navy. After basic training, he took a mechanic course and was assigned as a mechanic in a naval squadron, and after a few months of service he was asked to move to the naval commando unit. His wish was given to him and he successfully passed the difficult and arduous courses designed to prepare him for his new position. Ali was very successful in his role in the naval commando and faithfully and efficiently fulfilled the tasks assigned to him. When the Yom Kippur War broke out, his unit was sent to carry out various missions against the enemy at sea. On the eleventh day of the war, Ali and some of his comrades in the unit embarked on a daring mission. He was sent to the port of Port Said to drown Egyptian warships anchored in a protected military garrison. Ali and his team – Oded Amir – managed to reach the dock and even drowned three warships, including a rocket ship and a torpedo ship, but they did not return from their mission. The results of tracing their fate reinforced the view that Ali and his comrades had died during the withdrawal from the area of operation and Ali had been declared missing. His sister, Ofira, wrote a letter to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s wife, Jihan Sadat, and received an answer: “Ali’s body was not found,” the letter said. After a while, a monument was erected in memory of Eli on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem, in the burial plot in memory of fallen IDF soldiers whose burial place is unknown, the date of his death was set for October 17, 1973. Ali left behind his parents and sister. In his military service, Ali took part in many dangerous commando operations, including a number of actions that were permitted to publicize – the commando operation in Beirut and the air battle in September 1973, in which a Syrian plane was shot down on his pilot. His family published a printed collection of his paintings and in cooperation with the Municipality of Acco, the Workers’ Council, Yad Labanim, and the Wa’ad Committee The soldier, has established a scholarship fund named after the encouragement of students in primary schools in Acre. Space is Mkl”n- space whose burial place is unknown.
