Weir, Yaakov (Jackie)

Son of Rivka and Avraham. He was born on February 5, 1966, in the city of Holon. He graduated with honors from the Sprinzak School in Holon and went to high school in the electronics department at the Ort Yad Syngelovsky High School, where he demonstrated his talents and abilities and completed his studies with distinction, and was active as an apprentice and counselor in the National Youth Movement Jackie traveled to the countryside and loved fishing and playing at the beach, and in early August 1984 he was drafted into the army. At the end of basic training, he was assigned to serve in the Signal Corps. He took a technician course and served for a short period as an electronics technician in the communications corps laboratories. He was later assigned to the Armored Corps, where he served for over a year as an electronics technician in the Merkava tank. At the beginning of 1986 he underwent an officer’s course, which he successfully completed. He was offered the task of serving as a training officer in the Signal Corps, but he rejected this proposal and moved to serve as a Nahal Brigade liaison officer, during which he showed love and devotion to the position and the IDF and fulfilled his duties satisfactorily. Soldiers as commanders saw him as a dedicated and outstanding officer, a loyal and beloved friend and commander. In the middle of 1987, when he finished his position as an officer in the battalion, he joined the Nahal Brigade, where he received the rank of lieutenant and served as the deputy commander of the communications company in the brigade On Thursday, November 25, 1987, Jackie fell in battle with a terrorist in the north. That night, which later became known as the “Night of the Gliders,” a terrorist infiltrated an IDF airbase from Lebanon to the Nahal base in the Gibor camp near Kiryat Shmona, where six soldiers fell, including Jackie, who was rushed to the aid of his soldiers. Was buried in the military cemetery in Holon and was survived by his parents, brother and sister – Shalom and Drorit, and was promoted to the rank of captain.In a letter of condolence to the bereaved family, Yitzhak Rabin, then Minister of Defense, described Jackie as an excellent officer. Jews in Rome planted a tree in his memory in the forests of the Jewish National Fund.