Sandrov, Hanoch (Hanukhi)

Hanoch, son of Tova and Shimon, was born on 19.8.1951 in Tel Aviv. He studied at the “Ahad Ha’am” elementary school, and later attended the military boarding school of the Herzliya high school in Tel Aviv. Hanoch loved to study and aspired to excel in his studies. He was a type of “constant” and his grade 95 made him angry. He had to get 100. He had a sharp, dry, cynical sense of humor, but also a sense of innocence. There was no celebration or class party, for Hanoch did not “steal the show.” When he was publicized about the opening of a military boarding school in Tel Aviv, Hanoch immediately enrolled in the university. Of the five hundred candidates he was among the eighty elected, and there was no limit to his joy at it. Life in boarding school was not easy. When boys his age were resting and avoiding the task of studying, the students in the boarding school were busy with the military field of their education. When other boys enjoyed holiday vacations, the boys of the boarding school went to the field, to learn to be soldiers. The filtering process began to make its mark. At the end of the four years, twenty-nine students out of eighty remained from the first class. Among the graduates of the boarding school was Hanoch, who chose to serve in the armored corps, since he always chose the hard way. Hanoch was drafted into the IDF in early August 1969 and was sent to a series of training in the Armored Corps, and after completing various professional courses, In early August 1971 Hanoch completed his regular service. In his release certificate he was told: “A good, diligent officer fulfills his duties with efficiency and dedication.” In the Yom Kippur War, he served as a tank commander on the southern front, and on the first day of the fighting he was hit in the eye and lost it, and after taking the wounded eye, he took command again on October 6, 1973, He was brought to rest in the military section of the Kiryat Shaul cemetery and left behind his parents, sister and brother, and was promoted to the rank of Captain, and was awarded a commendation by Brigadier General Avraham Rotem . “On October 6, 1973, Captain Hanoch Sandrov served as a tank commander, and Captain Hanoch fought with his company against a large Egyptian force equipped with anti-tank weapons. He returned to the command of his company, wounded, and his tank was hit again, and he was killed.In his letter of condolence to the bereaved family, his commander wrote: “Hanoch was a dedicated and excellent officer, A talented tank and a decent and honest soldier. “Moshe Dayan wrote:” His commanders defined Hanoch as a good, diligent, efficient, devoted, friendly and beloved officer. “In an article published after the war, an article was published entitled” Three Friends – in their lives and in their deaths. “The story tells about Eitan Segal, Gabi Refaeli and Hanoch Sandrov – three friends in Lev and soul, Gaby and Hanoch studied together from third grade in elementary school. The three began in the fall of 1957, when they went to study at the same school. Friendship at first sight was created between Hanoch and my back. Eitan joined later. Together they studied, together they frolicked, served together in the Armored Corps, and together they participated in the Yom Kippur War. Now the three axes came together again. Three tombs – number 16, 17, 18, in the cemetery in Kiryat Shaul. “