Kruani, a lion

Son of Israel and Genia. He was born on September 8, 1953 in the Sha’ariya neighborhood of Petah Tikva. He is a son of a large family of Yemenite origin. A family observant of the strict observance of the Torah. He studied at the Beit Yaakov elementary school in Petah Tikva. After completing six years of studies there, he moved to the Chabad Yeshiva in Lod, where he studied for two years, and began to study at the vocational school in Kfar Chabad, where he studied carpentry and completed his studies four years later. Had he won, he would certainly have acquired an academic education after serving in the army, since he had already registered as a candidate for a preparatory program for academic studies. At the beginning of November 1971, Aryeh was drafted into the IDF, where he served in the paratroopers’ unit and spent the first months of his service in June 1972. In June 1972 he moved to the Communications and Electronics Corps and took a course for radio operators and radio operators. At the end of 1972 he was promoted to the rank of corporal and two months later the rank of Corporal. He was attached as a liaison to the Armored Corps. He took part in the Yom Kippur War and went through the difficult experiences of losing dear friends. Aryeh himself left the war unharmed. However, the war ended, and the war of attrition that followed, Aryeh fell in battle for the defense of the Golan Heights – on the 23rd of Tammuz 5764 (23.6.1974). About four months before he was about to be released, he was laid to rest in the military cemetery in Kiryat Shaul. Survived by his parents, four brothers and four sisters. After his death, he was promoted to sergeant in recognition of his work and behavior. Aryeh’s commander wrote to the bereaved parents: “Your son, Corporal Arieh Kruani, served in the Armored Corps’ liaison unit and was a model and exemplary soldier for his comrades with great devotion. He always took care of everything without the need for supervision and always knew in advance everything he had to do – and did it efficiently. Your son was a loyal friend and friend of all the soldiers in the unit. He always helped and provided relief to every member who approached him, with no petty personal accounts. They were always below his dignity. I am sure that his image and his behavior, his devotion and his responsibility will always serve as a guiding light for all of us and an example from which we will learn and aspire to act like it. “