Son of Shulamit and David. He was born on 24.6.1973 in Kiryat Haim. The eldest brother of Liat and Gilad. Yakir studied at the Gordon Elementary School, continued his studies at the Kiryat Haim High School and graduated from the ORT Bialik High School in the biological-geographical track. Was a smart and inquisitive boy, a broad-minded person who read, became interested, and became familiar with many different topics. Yakir was an active activist in the Hanoar Haoved Vehalomed movement, in his youth as a trainee and in his youth as a counselor. In this activity he spent most of his time. He loved the country’s landscapes and traveled extensively. A boy full of joie de vivre and a sense of humor, mischievous and mischievous, open and hearty, who knew and loved to listen to others, to dedicate his free time and to give his heart to his family and many friends. Yakir successfully passed the tests and tests to the Air Force track, and was drafted into a pilot course until the opening of the course, and stayed with his friends in Kibbutz Yiftah, in the framework of a parachute nucleus. After graduating from the course, Yakir returned to the core of the program, and Yakir went on a basic training course in the 50th Battalion of the Nahal Paratroopers Brigade, And sent to train recruits. According to his commanders, Yakir managed to combine the command of his soldiers with those of his friends. Yakir preferred to join the company as a “special commander,” who instilled in them a tremendous motivation to contribute to the IDF and perform every task in the best possible way. A member of the “Palmach 50” group, and served as a combat soldier with his comrades in the army, and Yakir went with his company to southern Lebanon. The next morning, on 21 March 1994, a joint force of the Nahal Brigade and Givati embarked on a tour to familiarize themselves with the eastern sector in the early afternoon, as they were walking on a mountain Yakim was killed and his friend, Amit Hasdai, was killed and his brother, Amit Hasdai, was brought to rest at the Carmel Beach Military Cemetery in Haifa, leaving his parents, sister and brother behind. : “Yakir symbolizes for me a model for a soldier and a commander. The spirit of volunteerism he demonstrated, his desire to reach a fighting rifle company, the smile that did not fall from his lips – will be a symbol of the battalion commanders and his fighters … “At the entrance to Kibbutz Yiftach, facing the northern landscape, Shikir loved so much. “You, the joy of life, you knew that you all loved you, that you always had a smile, you were always looking for mischief,” said one of his friends. And a member – and only then a commander. “The smile is not erased,” which his friend wrote in his memory: “… the fence is coming, / Ofek is looking / everything is blooming green, beautiful, quiet, colorful, and then” A Little Tight – The Smile Never Loved. In the morning after / on, the tour is coming out – / Always primed, / In an amazing rash and a wreck – / And Suddenly Fire, Cloud, Noise. A lethal bullet – he falls and lies down, / closes his eyes / and the smile is not erased. “
