Ilan, son of Hat and Louis, who were among the first immigrants from South Africa to Israel, was born on the 13th of Tu B’Shvat 5709 (13.2.1949) in Haifa. He attended elementary school and later went on to study at the Reali School in Haifa. Ilan was a boy who had a good Lev and love for everything around him. As a child, he had a special affection for animals and tended to treat sick or sick animals. His house had become a sort of zoo, where he had housed animals until they were healed and restored. His love of man and his loving attitude to each person gave him the status of leader in every society. He acquired many friends in his neighborhood in Haifa and joined them into a group, whose goal is to involve the neighborhood children in games and social activities. Ilan initiated the submission of a petition to the mayor of Haifa, demanding the establishment of a playground in the neighborhood. He was invited to talk to the mayor and brought the children’s request to him. A year later, the new playground was inaugurated in the neighborhood. His leadership ability, integrity, and pursuit of truth and justice have always been paramount in every social and organizational activity at the school, the Scouts and Gadna, and Ilan was elected to the class committee and was the initiator and organizer of class meetings, And many other activities, most of which he conducted in his home.The door of his home was always open to every friend and friend, and many enjoyed his warm atmosphere and warm hospitality.He found great ground for his energy and initiative in his activities in the Carmel tribe of the Scouts movement And found no rest until he increased the number of members in that cohesive and united group he was in Ram unifying, energizing and exciting. He initiated and organized traffic operations, was responsible for the trips and excursions, organized by members of the tribe, and was a partner in the labor camps conducted. Even after his release from the IDF would return to the nest movement to participate in social activities. From 1964 he served as a counselor in the movement’s branch, and excelled as a responsible, energetic and energetic guide. He set goals and challenges for himself and worked hard to achieve them. His adherence to the goal sometimes bordered on stubbornness and unwillingness to compromise and compromise. But he always had a positive aim in mind. He graduated cum laude from the Gadna base at Nurit and was appointed to a third position in the Gadna battalion of the school. It was the tallest job a student could fill. This period of social activity in the “Scouts” and the “Gadna” movement shaped Ilan’s personality and made him feel his character, gaining great self-confidence, developing a worldview and choosing his way to the future. His passion and his will to improve and promote social and public activity in and outside the school, and during that period he used to write in secret poems full of emotion, attesting that he had a sensitive and impressionable soul that stood as if in contrast to his energetic and ambitious externality. His time to take the matriculation exams had put all his energy into his studies, the roast Concentrate well and stood exam. Ilan was drafted into the IDF in early August 1967, he volunteered for an elite reconnaissance unit, most of its activities and ban advertising sponsorships. As a soldier in this unit he was found to have excellent physical fitness, stubborn, uncompromising and with strong willpower. Thanks to these qualities, he was a popular and popular figure for both commanders and soldiers. Only when his acquaintances learned of his participation in the IDF’s operation in Beirut did they begin to understand the nature of Ilan’s military service, and he was sent to serve as the commander of a paratroopers’ unit. Ilan was fromAn excellent bow that served as a model for his subordinates. He was a strict, strict commander who demanded excellent performance and full obedience to his orders. Although his team had to train harder than the other teams, the soldiers loved Ilan and maintained close ties with him, even after he was released. At the beginning of January 1971, Ilan was released from regular service and assigned to a reserve unit of the paratroopers. He was called for periods of reserve service, during which he served as the commander of a stronghold on the banks of the Suez Canal. After returning from regular service, he set out on a tour abroad and began his journey to the country of origin of his parents, South Africa, and then to Canada and the United States and Western Europe. He also married his girlfriend, Eva, whom he met during his studies at the university and established his home in Haifa, where he designed a way of life that combined work, study and construction of the family nest. In the Yom Kippur War his unit participated in battles Lima scoring against the Egyptians in Sinai. On some of Tishrei Tsl”d (10/16/1973) Unit participated in bitter about the “Chinese Farm”, an attempt to open the node “Hum-Lexicon”. In this battle Ilan was hit and killed. He was brought to eternal rest in the Haifa cemetery. Survived by a wife, parents, brother and sister. In a letter of condolence to the bereaved family, the defense minister wrote: “Ilan-Chaim was an excellent officer with initiative, resourcefulness and leadership ability, punctual, talented and friendly.”
