Shuka, Yitzhak
Yitzhak (Jacques), son of Latifah and Ezra, was born on the 29th of Tishrei, 5795 (29.9.1934) in Cairo, Egypt. In 1947 he immigrated to Israel alone, at the age of thirteen. He studied in an elementary school in his hometown and continued his studies at the Mikveh Israel High School. Yitzhak was among the members of the religious youth movement, and immigrated to Eretz Israel. Yitzhak was drafted into the IDF in mid-May 1952. As a member of the “Masuot Yitzhak” nucleus, he was assigned to the Nahal Brigade. After graduating from military service, he worked in the copper mines in Timna, and later moved with the first settlers to Moshav Shachar in the Lachish region, where he established a flourishing small farm. After he was discharged from the army, he paid his reserve duty in a course for medium machine gun operators. He was a responsible and dedicated soldier, a favorite of his commanders, and very popular with his friends for his friendly and fair behavior. During his service in the reserves he participated in the Sinai Campaign, was awarded the “Sinai Medal” and participated in the 1967 war and was awarded the “Six Day War”. In 1958 he married his girlfriend Aliza (Lisette) and eventually had three sons. Isaac was outstanding in his concern for his family; he was devoted to his wife and a loving father to his sons. In 1963 he moved to Kiryat Gat where he was a teacher. In his spare time he worked in gardening and garden planning. Isaac was friendly and easy to make friends. His friends liked him very much for his hospitality, for being a pleasant, conversational, pleasant, resentful man. He was a good friend and a loyal confidant, who excelled patiently, courteously, and politely. All his acquaintances knew him as a pleasant, optimistic, cheerful man with an excellent sense of humor. Despite his many achievements, he was modest and modest and did not like to stand out. In his work he was diligent and diligent and did his work faithfully. When the Yom Kippur War broke out he stationed himself at the base of his unit and was assigned to a rear unit. He refused to accept this and demanded that he be sent to a combat unit. His commanders responded and he was sent to the front in Sinai. On the 7th of Tishrei 5740 (October 7, 1973), his unit encountered an ambush of Egyptian commandos on the Romanian-Beluzah route. During the battle, a missile hit his half-track and he was killed at the cemetery in Kiryat Gat and left behind a wife and three sons, three brothers and three sisters, and was promoted to the rank of corporal. “Yitzhak was a courageous fighter and an exemplary soldier, who performed all the tasks entrusted to him faithfully and precisely, and liked all the members of his unit.”
