Kosticki, David

Matityahu and Tzila. Born on 13.9.1934 in Yavne’el, third generation in Israel, his grandfather was one of the first founders of Yavne’el and the conquerors of his land, and his father continued his agricultural life. After graduating from elementary school in Yavne’el, he studied for one year at the agricultural school in Nahalal and two years at the agricultural school in Beit Yerah, he belonged to the Hanoar Haoved movement, continued his family tradition and worked in agriculture, During the War of Independence, he devoted himself with enthusiasm and readiness to various activities of contact, observation, and alarm, and was drafted into the IDF in January 1953 with all that remained connected to the dead Feel at home and at work passed the passion and dedication to new territory serious attitude. He was a guide in the Artillery Corps, but because he was not satisfied, he made every effort to move to the paratroopers and reached the rank of sergeant. Here he learned to know the towns and to assess their residents. He would say: “They are our pride, they are the wall of the state.” He would encourage them, advising them on farm and agricultural matters, in which he had been knowledgeable and involved since childhood. “The community must come to the aid of the school communities,” he would always claim, “otherwise who knows what our security situation will be.” On the 17th of Nisan 5706 (April 9, 1955) he fell in a battle near Hirbat Ma’ayan. He was brought to eternal rest in the cemetery in Beit Gan. At meetings with parents, the commanders (Motta Gur and Arik Sharon) often raised his positive image – such as his loyalty to security matters – to his friends and devotion to his students. A booklet in his memory appeared on the first anniversary of his death. In Uri Milstein’s book “Wars of the Paratroopers,” his memory was raised.