Sasson, Yehezkel

Son of Nuri and Salima. He was born on February 22, 1946 in Baghdad, the capital of Iraq. The family immigrated to Israel in 1954. Yehezkel attended elementary school in Nes Ziona. Where he belonged to the Hanoar Haoved movement and spent the evenings devoting himself to sports – especially boxing. When he graduated from elementary school in Nes Ziona, he continued at the Haviv high school in Rishon Letzion and in the morning he worked. After two years he moved to the Israeli College in Rehovot where he studied electronics with great success. During the third year of his studies, the director of the Weizmann Institute volunteered for a summer vacation at the Weizmann Institute. At the end of each month he received additional recommendations, and together with them he was given a financial gift. He liked to deal with electrical jobs, dismantled and connected electrical tools, and liked hobbies such as radio, transistors, television antennas, etc. In August 1965, he enlisted in the Israel Defense Forces and joined the Navy, where he volunteered to serve in the submarines, and in July 1966 he was ordained as a diver, and he enjoyed swimming for many hours. He was the “nail.” This continued until he left for Palestine, and during the period of his service in England he sent many letters, filled with admiration and nostalgia on the other hand, but he also wrote that he was Simcha with the crew of the Dakar submarine to which he was attached. The renovations were carried out by Dakar on the way to the shores of the country, but when it was on its way between Gibraltar and Haifa, the connection with it was cut off and it was not renewed. (25.1.1968) – and the Chief Military Rabbinate determined that the date of the death of Yehezkel in the course of his duties together with the rest was on January 30, 1968. Since Yechezkel was one of the missing members of the team, The memorial to the people of Dakar at the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem In the book of Eran Shorer, “Six days in Decker,” his picture was presented on the 28th of June 1999, after years of searching, The “Dakar” submarine was found on the Mediterranean Sea floor, at a depth of 2,900 meters on its planned sailing route and 250 miles from the port of Haifa. This fallen hero is a “maklan” – a hero whose burial place is unknown.