Laniado, Nahum

Nahum (Yuki), son of Fawzia and Gabriel, was born on June 1, 1949, in the city of Mosul in Iraq, and in 1951, when he was eighteen years old, his family immigrated to Israel and settled in Tirat Hacarmel. Nachum studied at the Degania Elementary School there, and because of his talent and talent, he was accepted to continue his studies at the “Samet” high school in Haifa and successfully completed his studies in the ” He devoted his leisure time to various activities within the framework of the Gadna and in the framework of the local club, and with his club members participated in sailing, swimming and marching competitions. Nachum was drafted into the IDF in early August 1967 and volunteered to serve in the Armored Corps, where he was assigned to a field unit and served on the front of the Suez Canal during the War of Attrition. “Very good” At the beginning of August 1970, he was discharged from the regular army and accepted to study at the Technion, where he worked as a mechanical engineer, and in July 1973 he married a wife and together designed Settle in a development town and build their home there when a war broke out On Yom Kippur, Nachum was summoned to his unit and participated in the braking battles against the Egyptians in Sinai, and after ten days of fighting the IDF began its preparations for crossing the Suez Canal. On the 16th of Tishrei 5734 (October 16, 1973), he was brought to rest in the military cemetery in Haifa, leaving behind a wife, parents, three sisters and two brothers. “In his letter of condolence to the bereaved family, his commander wrote:” Nahum served in the unit as a tank driver and excelled in his ability, dedication, responsibility and courage. Nahum fought with the unit during each stage of the containment and then took part in the bold and cruel breakthrough that was intended to transfer the war to the West Bank of the Canal … In this battle, his team moved at the head of the breakthrough forces … and in this battle he fell. “His family commemorated his donation of a holy ark And a Torah scroll to a synagogue in Tirat Hacarmel, in the book “The Brigade in the Yom Kippur War”, which was published by the brigade in whose ranks he fought and fell, presents his picture and remarks about him and his memory.