Levinstein, Zvi

Zvi, son of Rachel and Gedaliah, was born in Tel Aviv on June 8, 1954. Zvi was drafted into the IDF at the beginning of August 1972 and assigned to the Armored Corps, where he was sent to serve in one of the Air Force units in the southern region, and was recognized as an excellent and disciplined soldier, responsible and dedicated to his position. Not to worry about his parents, he often visited the house and kept writing letters, never complained of difficulties, so as not to upset his parents, and spent all his vacations with his family.Then the Yom Kippur War broke out, Zvika was in an education series in Petach Tikvah. During the first night of the war, the tank was hit He was seriously wounded and taken to Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem for two weeks struggling for his life, but all the doctors’ efforts to save him were unsuccessful: On the 19th of Tishrei 5734 (19.10.1973) he died of his wounds and was brought to eternal rest in the cemetery.