Yitzhak (Itzik), son of Rivka and Shmuel, was born on November 13, 1935, in Haifa. He studied at the elementary school for the workers’ children in Kiryat Amal, and then continued his studies at the Greenberg High School in Kiryat Tivon, in a human-biological track. When Yitzhak was two and a half years old, his family moved to Kiryat Amal, a neighborhood whose father was one of its founders. From his childhood, Yitzhak was quick and aware of what was going on around him, full of gaiety and joy of life, and, according to his teacher, he participated in the discussions alertly. He was a good-hearted boy and gave up to the younger and weaker. In elementary school, Itzik was a talented student, diligent and friendly and loved by his teachers and friends. He excelled in various subjects, especially in the real professions. In high school, too, he was prominent in knowledge and in a quick perception. Itzik was a member of the Hanoar Haoved movement and was active in the Gadna, and he had a clear inclination to mathematics, physics and chemistry, although he loved to hear imaginary stories in his childhood, especially in exotic countries. He was always drafted to the IDF in mid-October 1953 and assigned to the infantry. After basic training, he volunteered for a reconnaissance company and completed a brigade patrol course. Afterward he served as commander of a reconnaissance unit in a well-known commando unit in the south of the country. On his release certificate he was mentioned as a bold and courageous soldier. After completing his regular service, Itzik worked for a time as a staff member of Israel’s merchant navy, and on his trips in Africa, he achieved his dream of childhood – to explore distant lands. In 1961, he began working for the Haifa Electric Company, completing a three-year evening course in soil assessment. After that, he studied at the Technion for a three-year drawing course. In 1962 Itzik married and they lived in Kiryat Tivon. He was a good son and devoted to his parents, worried and anxious for their safety and health, and after he married and had children he was an exemplary husband and father who understood the spirit of his wife and children. Six months before he fell, the family entered the new home in the Kirya, which Yitzhak took great pains to establish. He continued his work as a surveyor at the Israel Electric Corporation, usually on the Golan Heights, and occasionally took his family to show them the network that had been set up there. Shortly after completing his regular service, he participated in Operation Kadesh in the 9th Brigade. He was later assigned to reserve duty in a reconnaissance unit. After a while, Yitzhak paid a course for the Telegrams and later became an armored corps. He studied in a battalion training course and was assigned to his unit as a saboteur. He participated in the Six-Day War. He always refused to take advantage of his right as an only son and continued to serve in the Sayeret and later in the reconnaissance battalion. He loved his unit very much and would gladly go to reserve duty. A few months before Yom Kippur they wanted to move him to another unit, but he did not agree to this in any way and struggled to stay in his unit. When the Yom Kippur War broke out, Yitzhak was called to his unit. He quickly packed up his equipment and said goodbye to his family and hurried to the meeting place. He was sent with his unit to the Golan Heights, where he took part in the battle against the Syrians. When he left for the battle on the 10th of Tishrei 5734 (10.10.1973) east of Mount Yosifon, his armored personnel carrier was hit by a Katyusha rocket attack and Yitzhak was killed and brought to rest in the Kiryat Tivon cemetery, leaving a wife, two sons, The battalion commander wrote a letter to the bereaved family: “Your son was a good and loyal soldier, he carried out all his duties and was admired by all his friends and commanders for the unit.” His patrol battalion published a book in memory of those who fell in the Yom Kippur War On the Golan Heights, and also about Yitzhak.
