Solomon, Jacob

Son of Yitzhak and Flora. He was born on March 25, 1950, in Baghdad, Iraq, where he immigrated to Israel, where he studied at the Brandeis School in the Gimmel area in Herzliya and completed his elementary studies at the Weizmann elementary school in Herzliya He loved the sea and everything related to it, and fishing and hiking in nature were his great interest in life, and coral and great shells adorned his room, he loved nature and the quiet and was enclosed in He was one of the best students in his class, even though he encountered financial difficulties in funding the studies Yaakov was drafted into the Israel Defense Forces in July 1968 and volunteered to serve in the navy, of course. He was a good disciplined soldier and in every difficult operation he was the first volunteer. His friends liked him because of his quiet, comfortable nature. He would take care of his parents, especially his sick mother. Even in his last moments he asked his friend, who accompanied him to the hospital, to tell his mother and father that he had not suffered much, even in his last moments. On February 24, 1970, he fell in the line of duty in the rescue of an ammunition truck that exploded in Eilat. He was laid to rest in the military cemetery in Kiryat Shaul. On behalf of the Navy, he sent a letter of condolence to his family stating: “From the time I got command of the ship I remember Yaakov and his smiling face, his strong desire to help his friends and apply his professional knowledge to his subjects. In the Eli Cohen Synagogue in the Weizmann Residence, a candle was lit in his memory; The synagogue was also given a scarlet curtain for the Holy Ark, embroidered with gold letters, its name and the date of its fall.