Tal (Tausig), Ilan

Son of Yehudit and Yitzhak. He was born in Holon on January 24, 1955. He studied at Shenkar Elementary School and continued his studies at the ORT high school, where he was the son of a father who joined the British army in his struggle against the German army He served in the Signal Corps, was stationed on the island of Crete, was captured by the Germans and spent his captivity at coal mines, and after his release from captivity he returned to Israel and settled in Holon, where he established his family and his family. The eldest of the family was a Yaffa, cheerful and playful child, who was always looking for challenges for his energetic activity, and when he was in the fifth grade he joined the Scout movement. And as a social man, he liked to tell jokes, through which he always managed to relieve the tension in difficult moments, but aside from his many social pursuits, he never gave up reading books. His relatives described him as a “bookworm,” whose thirst for reading was insatiable, loved literature and even excelled in literary studies at school, while he loved nature, the landscape and the open spaces. On these trips he always helped the needy. He trained in the movement and later became a battalion commander and joined the “Scouts of Holon” group, which was organized in order to immigrate to the Golan Heights, but the changes that took place in the settlement of the Nahal nuclei after the Yom Kippur War thwarted this plan. 1973, and was assigned to serve in the Signal Corps, where he underwent professional training in communications equipment technicians and went to an officers’ course. He completed compulsory service at the end of November 1976 and began his military career. As a soldier and as an officer he loved his work, worked tirelessly for very long hours, and placed high professional demands on himself and his subordinates and aspired to perfection in carrying out the tasks. On the other hand, he did not consider external discipline, especially when it comes to strict dress code, preferring to fulfill every task in a unique way. At the same time, he attached great importance to dealing with the human factor and showed sensitive concern to every soldier under his command and even to civilians who were in circumstances where they needed help. For a long time he served as deputy commander of the liaison unit of the Galilee Division, whose goal is to protect the northern communities. He identified with the residents of the north and even established his home there and moved to live with his family in Rosh Pina. Ilan was killed in a battle in Lebanon on October 19, 1988 when a car bomb driven by a Shiite suicide bomber from the Hizbullah hit a convoy of six IDF jeeps that took the soldiers back from operational activity in the security zone in southern Lebanon and parked in the square opposite a gate Fatma, at the main crossing between Israel and Lebanon. Ilan was injured along with two of his colleagues from the divisional liaison unit and five other soldiers from the convoy. He was laid to rest in the military section of the military cemetery in Holon, his hometown. Survived by a wife – Anat, two sons – Omer and Ariel, mother and brother – Oron. In a letter of condolence to the grieving family, Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin wrote about Major Ilan Tal, whose commanders defined him as an uncompromising officer who always demanded perfection of himself and his subordinates and stood out for his professional ability and love for the job. His commander wrote that Ilan had wisely led and navigated the liaison battalion on operational missions in the war against terrorism. Members of Kibbutz Manara, who were caught in a hostile incident during a tour of Lebanon and assisted him, wrote about his humane and efficient treatment of them and the silence,And the calmness that he could infuse in the extreme state in which they were immersed. The liaison unit of the Galilee Division issued a flyer in his memory and in memory of his companion, who fell in that event. The family dedicated a library to the unit.