Vaknin, Ilan

Son of Marcel and Rafael, was born on October 16, 1966, in Migdal Ha’Emek, where his parents immigrated from Morocco and were among the first settlers in Migdal Ha’Emek, where he studied at the Yoseftal Elementary School, where he continued at the Rogozin School “In Migdal HaEmek, after completing his elementary studies, he was sent to the Neveh Horesh boarding school in Hadera and was a member of a well-to-do family, and despite the difficulties in his parents’ home he was resourceful and liked his work. “To. After undergoing general training, he was sent to a driving course. Ilan successfully passed the course and was assigned as a driver in an infantry unit, and in April 1985 his unit underwent a series of training exercises on April 18, 1985. On the way between Beer-Sheva and Ketziot, Ilan was killed in an accident at the age of 18. Ilan was laid to rest in the military section of Migdal Ha’Emek, leaving behind his parents, three brothers and three sisters. In January 1988, his brother Danny fell while serving. The commander of his unit wrote in a letter of condolence to his family: “Ilan was one of the first soldiers of the battalion and carried out various tasks according to the needs of the battalion, all his tasks he performed in the best possible manner, while preparing to advance the battalion in its missions. If not imposed on him. ” After him, a Torah library was put into the synagogue in his neighborhood in Migdal Ha’Emek