Rettig, Yuval

Ben Rachel and Yehuda. Born on 13 August 1974 in Kfar Azar, eldest son of a family of three, a third-generation family in Kfar Azar. Yuval began his studies at the elementary school in Ramat Efal. These years were characterized by intensive sports. He devoted most of his free time to swimming in the nearby Kiryat Ono pool, first with competitive swimming and then with a group of players. He did not miss a single workout, and he was considered an investor and a fighter, both because he was strong and talented. The group achievement was more important to him than the others and the good of the team was always in his mind. His involvement, motivation and willingness to invest every effort and to train a younger age group were always made willingly and with a captivating smile. He continued his studies at the Shimon Ben-Zvi High School in Givatayim, and was commended for his diligence and achievements. During this period, he continued in the fields of sports: running a marathon, triathlon, crossing the Sea of ​​Galilee, surrounding the Tabor, competitive field runs, and even achieving impressive achievements. He did not even pull out of tennis and basketball. It was evident that his optimism helped him make every task a trivial matter. Yuval volunteered for the IDF in July 1992. Yuval volunteered for an elite unit and arrived at the paratroopers’ parachuting unit, and continued to invest and fulfill his responsibility. He was a great paratrooper and an excellent friend, and he was a favorite of his commanders and comrades in arms, a close and warm connection with his family, and he wrote to them during his service, “and although he was a rationalist, , And we have a lot of letters from him, “his father says,” I remember very well that it was only yesterday. The evening before I drove him to the base was on the eve of Memorial Day. Yuval asked us to pass by the monument to the fallen in the village to see if the guard of honor was going on. In the past, Yuval was one of the organizers of the guard in the days of remembrance near the monument … Who imagined that his name would appear on the monument a week later … “On his first operational mission in Lebanon on May 1, 1993, The security zone in southern Lebanon, through a jubilee on a booby-trapped device and was killed on the spot. He was eighteen and a half. He was laid to rest in the Kiryat Shaul military cemetery. He was followed by his parents, a brother – Yoav and a sister – Revital. After his fall, Yuval was promoted to sergeant.