Levi, Yaniv

Ben Shula and Nissim. He was born in Ben-Dor on August 8, 1970. Yaniv was the eldest son of her family and had four children. He was a handsome, curly-haired boy, good-natured and well-to-do. After graduating from the YL Pinsker Elementary School in Kiryat Ata – where the family moved – he continued his studies at Rogozin High School in his hometown and completed his studies successfully. During his studies he discovered various talents, mainly in painting and sculpture, but also in songwriting, sewing, fashion design, cake making and decoration. He was also a friendly man of socializing and high social sensitivity. Yaniv was active in the “Noar LaNoar” association in Kiryat Ata, approached a children’s club in distress and marginalized youth and volunteered for the elderly and lonely people. He was a devoted son to his parents and family, to whom he was very proud. When he reached the age of enlistment he volunteered to serve in the combat force. He was trained in October 1988 and was stationed in the Armored Corps. Yaniv successfully passed the hard training and became a young man, tall, responsible, with firm views and a strong social standing. His commanders admired him as a disciplined soldier with a spirit of volunteerism, and his comrades saw him as a loyal friend in all circumstances. One of them defined him as “a guy with a heart and a heart of gold.” After completing his regular service, he planned to study architecture or building engineering. He also hoped to engage in fashion design. On the 15th of Sivan 5749 (June 15, 1989), Yaniv participated in a large-scale exercise in the Golan Heights on an armored personnel carrier, and during the afternoon, when he was in the field, He was buried in the military section of the Kiryat Ata cemetery and left behind his parents, brother, and two sisters – Gil, Miri and Etty – in his eulogy for Yaniv, his commander said: “You have fulfilled your duties in the best possible way and you have volunteered happily for every mission. Yaniv was one of those good fighters whose commanders are proud and blessed. “The family produced a rich booklet in his memory, in which many of Yaniv’s poems were printed, as well as photographs of his paintings and sculptures and eulogies and memoirs of his family, teachers and friends from adolescence and the army.