Melker, Hanan

Hanan, son of Sophia and Salomon, was born on December 28, 1952, in Bombay, India, where he attended an English elementary school and an English high school in Bombay, , Near Haifa. In his new home, Hanan completed another high school year and completed his studies at the Neve Amiel boarding school near Nahalal. Hanan, or Hanania as they called him, did not spend much time with his young friends, preferring to spend time with the family. He devoted most of his free time to painting, and his house was adorned with his handsome paintings. In addition, he liked to do all kinds of works that were added to decorate the house. He loved sports, reading and listening to records. Hanan was drafted into the IDF in the middle of February 1971. He was very pleased with his life in the army and loved his battalion – the First Boker Battalion – and continued to paint and decorate the camp with pictures. A very quiet fellow with a willingness, willpower, and extraordinary passivity, and, most importantly, helping anyone. It was nice to work with him. His weight was the lowest in the department, and that’s why he liked us all. On a stretcher and lifting of the wounded, he was greatly helped by this weight. On night trips, when everyone cursed, Hanan was silent and dragged, he was a good Zukai and proved himself in difficult situations. Hanan became fond of us all, commanders and soldiers alike. In the Yom Kippur War, he participated in all the difficult fighting operations of the First Boker Battalion in the Golan Heights, and in the battle that took place on Mount Hermon on October 22, 1973, A letter of condolence to the bereaved family was written by Defense Minister Moshe Dayan: “Hanan was an excellent soldier and a loyal friend. He was loved by all those who knew him. “His commander wrote:” Hanan fought as a man who knows for what he is fighting – courageously, bravely, with devotion and sacrifice. “A list of his memoirs was published in a pamphlet called” The Words Speak of Death ” First “in memory of his men.