Nehorai, Boaz

Lucky and illuminating. He was born in Tel Aviv on the 11th of Cheshvan 5758 (November 5, 1957). He studied at the David Remez Elementary School in Kiryat Shalom and completed his studies in the biological track at the Municipal High School in Jaffa. In his youth, he was a member of the Mahanot Ha’olim movement and later served as a counselor in Hanoar Haoved. Boaz loved hiking in nature and in his adult life he traveled on a mountain bike he bought. He liked to photograph and ski. In January 1976 Boaz was drafted into an aviation course. He completed the course in the Navot course, was assigned to the squadron and was one of the best navigators in the squadron. At the end of the training period at the flight school, which he performed as an outstanding instructor, he returned to the squadron. As the senior navigator, he led the squadron during the Lebanon War, in which he is credited with outstanding achievements, which glorify the history of the squadron. In July 1982 he married Iris, and in April 1983 their son Aviv was born. Boaz expressed his desire to return to the pilot’s course, and at the end of 1983 his will was realized. He graduated summa cum laude as a combat pilot, discovered a high level of flight, filled senior positions in the Kfir squadron and was chosen to serve as deputy commander in another squadron. Boaz fell in the course of his duty on December 7, 1986. He was brought to eternal rest in the military cemetery in Haifa, where he was twenty-nine years old and left behind a pregnant wife, son, parents, brother and two sisters Galil and Sarit After his death, his second son, Gilad, was born in a letter of consolation to the family: “I marveled at the rapid way he advanced as a pilot.” In fact, despite the fact that he “lost” as a pilot for six years of experience, The gap and his achievements were even greater than those of veteran pilots, and he succeeded in his flight because of his qualities, his strong desire and the ability of the high self-questioning that characterized him. In the course of the long discussions, the doubts, the arguments, he always maintained good spirits, maturity and peace of mind, and one mischievous gaze of his black eyes sometimes managed to put things in their proper proportions. Boaz was a special person, and the essence of his qualities in one word is “nobility.”