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Nissim, Meir

Nissim, Meir


Meir, son of Rachel and Awad (Oded), was born on January 3, 1941, in Aden, where he completed his elementary studies in Aden and then moved to England, where he completed high school in high school. He immigrated to Israel in 1967 and settled in Jerusalem, where he earned his living as an officer in the administration in Judea, where he married and was a father in 1969. A year later, he was already the father of two, Meir was a devoted husband and father to his family Meir was drafted into the IDF in late April 1971 and assigned to the infantry. After basic training, he served for a short period, because of his adult age, and was finally discharged from regular service and assigned to reserve forces. When the Yom Kippur War broke out, Meir was called to service. He was sent to Sinai and joined his unit there. His unit participated in the difficult battles against the Egyptians in the Suez Canal area. On October 7, 1973, during a battle near the “Oracle” outpost, his unit encountered an ambush of Egyptian commandos, and Meir was killed and killed. For a long time he was a missing person and later considered a non-Jew. His body was later found and he was brought to eternal rest in the Mount Herzl cemetery in Jerusalem. He left behind a wife, two children, parents and four brothers. After being shot down, he was given the rank of corporal. In a letter of condolence to the bereaved family, his commander wrote: “Meir was one of our ranks and fought valiantly in the” Oracle “stronghold on the Suez Canal, and during his service with the battalion, we found the qualities of a man and a model warrior. Always with us. “

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