Tiktinsky, Eli (Elimelech)

Son of Yosef and Hinda. He was born on January 2, 1948. In Haifa, when he reached school, he studied at the Rambam religious elementary school in Neve Sha’anan. Nofeh left his mark on his nose and soul with his natural beauty. His modest parents’ apartment was in a space full of plants, trees and flowers, and they liked the vegetation and the living and the peace and quiet that lay in them. In the religious school he studied according to his father’s traditional orientation and his studies there brought him closer to the values ​​of his people’s culture. After completing his studies at the “Rambam” high school in August 1966, he enlisted in the IDF and volunteered for Nahal, because he wanted to find a way back to nature and space, and sought to find strong connections and work for his people and his people. He joined the Nahal unit for a group of individuals whose goal was to become tour guides and initially served in the path of the “Lamed He” … A tour guide was not enough because after less than a year the Six-Day War broke out and took part in the battles of Latrun and Ramallah. He advanced as part of the paratroop brigade and there he became a fighting paratrooper. In this framework, he also participated frequently in the hunt for squads of saboteurs operating in Judea and Samaria. After a while he left the Paratroopers Brigade and moved to the reconnaissance unit, with which he toured the Jordan Valley. But he was still on his compulsory service on April 28, 1968, when he fell in the line of duty on a squad of saboteurs, members of Fatah, and the commander of the platoon was Hanan Goldzweig, who was also wounded and fell in this courageous assault. To rest in the military cemetery in Haifa. “The commander of his unit, in a letter of condolences to his parents, wrote:” Eli served in the reconnaissance department. Over time, the parachutist became a tour guide and toured a superb and professional tour. His commanders recognized him as responsible, devoted to his position and sympathetic to his comrades. When it was necessary to organize something, Eli volunteered to help. Everyone loved to help, both his friends who loved him and his commanders who respected him and knew his good qualities and his influence on the other soldiers. Eli was an exemplary soldier, tall and tall, physically and mentally from the rest of his friends. During his stay in the unit, he managed to fight many enemy units. “The commander concludes his letter by describing Eli as a good, bad and friendly soldier. Above all, he was a loyal son, dedicated to his family and friends.