Paz (Pass), Yaakov (“Yankele”)
Son of Simcha and Rivka. He was born in Jerusalem on June 11, 1937. After completing his studies at the Tachkemoni elementary school, he continued to study at a high school, and was drafted in August 1955 and completed both basic training and a reconnaissance course in the ” Givati. ” In the Armored Corps, he served as a scout and took part in the Sinai Campaign and in all subsequent maneuvers, one of whom was seriously wounded in the back, but refused to leave his company and remained there until the Six-Day War. An atmosphere of hard work and pioneering in his parents’ home, in his society and in his movement (Hanoar Haoved Vehalomed), and he was ready to do any job and fulfill any role, he was very pure and he was well liked by all his friends. He was prominent in leadership and in a deep military intelligence On the first day of the Six-Day War, he wrote to his parents that it was “a great day – and I hope it will be a great day,” he said. For a few days before the war, he founded a driving school with his friend, who soon became one of the most successful in the city, as well as his approach to work and his approach to the students as a good teacher and a pleasant friend. His friends always saw him as a friend willing to help at any time and even to risk himself. He was also a disciplined soldier and an excellent commander in the eyes of his subordinates and commanders. Many contributed to the armored battles in the Six-Day War in the laws and accounts of the home front during the fighting; These showed understanding and devotion to the cause. His conversations with his soldiers and his fees for friends and home were a source of encouragement and pride for a man who knew what was in store for him and who was willing to accept his fate with coolness and courage. Jacob fell on the fifth day of the war, on the 8th of Iyar 5767 (June 8.6, 1967), in a battle near Bir Gafgafa in the Sinai, when he rescued wounded men who were hit by Egyptian tanks in the parking lot west of Bir Gafgafa. In this act he risked himself once more to remove the company commander from the burning command-line. He was buried in the military emergency cemetery in Bari and was later transferred to the eternal rest of the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem. In the book “On Your Platforms Space” published by comrades in arms, his history was brought.
