Rapaport, Moshe (Mirce)
Moshe (Mircea), son of Frida and Aryeh of blessed memory, was born on November 14, 1942 in Bucharest, Romania, and immigrated to Israel with his family in 1950. He attended elementary school in Lod and graduated from high school “Magdiel” farmer. When Moses was twelve years old, he was orphaned from his father, and his mother had to work long hours to support herself and her son. Moshe, who was devoted to his mother, helped her whenever she wanted and made it easier for her to do the hard work. Moshe was drafted into the IDF in August 1960 and volunteered for the Engineering Corps, and after completing his basic training course he was assigned to the engineering corps as a sapper. After his release from regular service, he was assigned to a reserve unit and was called annually for reserve duty, and in 1967 he married his girlfriend Miriam and eventually had two sons, Dror and Nir, who loved his sons very much and devoted many hours to them He began working as a flight controller at “Civil Aviation” And continued his work as an aircraft launcher in El Al, and he was always devoted and loyal and a loving father, and looked forward to the day when he and his family would enter their new apartment in Rehovot. (16.10.1973) fell in combat. He was laid to rest in the military cemetery in Kiryat Shaul. He left behind a wife and two sons. After his fall, he was promoted to corporal. In a letter of condolence to the bereaved family, the unit commander wrote: “Moshe fell in a battle near Kuneitra, when an Israeli tank force was rescued, and the enemy was hit by a shell fired by an enemy tank. Moshe fell together with his friend Ze’ev, and five of his good friends were wounded. “His commander wrote to the family:” Moshe won the esteem of his friends and commanders, as a devoted soldier and as a loyal friend. In his last moments, during the rescue operation in the battle in the Golan Heights, he showed courage and heroism, and helped to extract our tank power, which was captured by enemy fire and entangled in a minefield. “His wife will set up a scholarship fund for aviation studies in his memory. , Not only as a profession but also as a hobby.
