Maatuf, Israel
Ben Kochba and Yitzhak. He was born on April 9, 1971 in Moshav Bareket. When he was seven months old, the family moved to Moshav Gamzu. He attended the Hadid elementary school in Moshav Hadid, and when he was in fourth grade he moved to Shalhevet School in Kibbutz Sha’alvim. Afterward, he continued to study in the junior high school of the Yad Binyamin Yeshiva in Yesodot, and completed his studies at the “Me’aleh” yeshiva in Petah Tikva. Israel was a member of the Ezra youth movement. He had a special love for books. He ‘swallowed’ encyclopedias as another person reads literature. His academic achievements were average, but the grades in his non-written life certificates were higher than average. He was accepted and loved by his friends and radiated light and paternal authority over those around him, along with the joy of life in full force. As Efrat Coherei describes it, “Your shoulder-tight figure and the optimistic smile that is permanently on your lips will remain an indelible memory … You’re the one who always said, ‘Be good guys, look, everything will work out.’ Srul, you were always so optimistic, life-loving, full of energy and joy of action, and so loved to sing, you always dreamed of an army, a weapon, of being a ‘fighter’ – and you were at least one fulfilling dream. ” Israel was drafted into the IDF in late October 1989 and joined the Golani Brigade, where he was trained as an infantry combat soldier, completed a commanding officer’s course and was appointed commander of the ‘Orev’ team and was highly respected by his commanders and soldiers. 1992) fell in combat in Lebanon, at the foot of the Beaufort, and was put to rest in the military section of the cemetery in Moshav Bareket, leaving behind his parents, sister and two brothers – Mira, Boaz and Nahum. To participate with all your heart in the mourning of the Israelites. “First Sergeant Israel Ma’atof gave his life for his homeland. He fell in Lebanon. At the foot of the Beaufort, when a terrorist hit him when an IDF force accompanied a convoy and opened a road to the outpost, and was a model educator and commander who had a talent for natural leadership, values and love for his soldiers, contributed and sacrificed without any expectation of change. He was promoted to the rank of First Sergeant after his death. “The commander of the Golani Brigade wrote:” Israel stood out in its natural leadership, in the quiet and self-confidence that it projected around it in routine and in battle. Prior to the attack, Israel managed to give orders to its soldiers, to fire the commander’s machine gun at the terrorists and to injure them. In this behavior during the general encounter and behavior, and through his command over his soldiers, Israel will remain and the ‘Pillar of Fire’ which goes before the camp in norms, values and the love of soldiers and friends who gave it to those around it. “
