Levi, Eliyahu

Eliahu, son of Ada and Benjamin, was born on October 4, 1952, in Elroy, in Kiryat Tivon. He studied at the Yavneh Elementary School in Tivon and continued to study at the Israel Police cadets’ school in Haifa. Eli did not have a Simcha childhood. When he was only three years old, his parents separated and he lived with his sister and older brothers in his father’s house, where he was raised by the father with his maternal grandmother. In time, his father remarried and luckily married a kind and restless wife who cared for the children as though they were her own children. The presence of the grandmother over the young Eli was very influential. His grandfather was one of the first guards in Hadera and was responsible for the protection of all citrus groves in the area, and his grandmother was a member of a famous family of doctors, among them the Persian royal doctor, who loved to sleep in his grandmother’s room and eat from her. His father testified that he would take care of him and comfort him with his sorrow, and he always took care to improve his time and was meticulous in fulfilling the commandment of honoring a father, and later on he began to visit his mother, who had also remarried and had more siblings. Close friends with his stepbrothers and long to associate with them, since he grew up in a Yaffa surroundings at the foot of the Alexander Forest , Who had been on the way to the Kishon estuary, loved to go on trips with his father and brother, and he would go on trips and trips to all corners of the Carmel. He was an excellent athlete and had a strong, agile body, and he was a good swimmer, and especially excelled in diving. At the end of his studies, he began to work as a metalworker, succeeded in his work and amazed his friends with the metal work he performed. When he grew up, he began collaborating with his father and uncle, who worked on various inventions, and helped them invent gas for cooking with excellent combustion properties. He also participated in the production of various chemicals and the production of refrigerators. He has natural talents in the field of applied technology and science, and a lot of improving devices and work methods. In these occupations, he continued to enlist in regular service until the time he was drafted. Eliahu was drafted into the IDF at the end of November 1970 and was assigned to the Armored Corps. He went on to take another driver’s course, including the Zelda driver’s course and a truck driver course. After successfully completing the various courses, he was assigned to the IAF field unit. He was a good soldier and excelled in the battles of the War of Attrition, which the Egyptians waged against our forces along the Suez Canal. His commanders appreciated him very much and he was highly praised for his achievements in fulfilling his duties. As in civilian life, so in the army, he quickly became fond of his comrades-in-arms. They liked to spend time with him and often invited him. There was no event or party that Ellie had missed. The Yom Kippur War broke out a few months before his release. During the Yom Kippur War, Eli took part in the braking battles in the Sinai, north of the “Usha-Lexicon” axis. Eli fought with extraordinary courage and dedication, and he was praised for his actions during the war by the OC Central Command. On the tenth of Tishrei 5740 (October 6, 1973), Eli served as an armored personnel carrier driver in the area of ​​the “Chinese Farm.” At about 0100 hours, the force went on a reconnaissance mission. to me. He escaped from it under heavy enemy fire, and continued fighting from the ground against enemy forces, until he was hit and killed. “He was brought toRest in the cemetery of Moshav Elroy. He was survived by a father and mother, two brothers and a sister. His father donated a Torah scroll to the Magen David synagogue in Moshav Elroy.