Yaffa (Avrahami), Sasson

Son of Yitzhak and Nazi. Born in July 1942 in Iran, he immigrated to Israel when he was eight years old, in the framework of “Youth Aliyah.” When his parents immigrated to Israel two years later, Sasson began studying at the Hebrew Gymnasia Herzliya He was enrolled in the IDF Air Force Technical School in Haifa and studied there until he completed his studies, and was conscripted into the IDF in February 1961 and completed his regular service with the rank of sergeant. After his release, he worked for Haaretz and was later one of the paper’s editors. After his discharge, he was called up for reserve duty. In the Six Day War he fought alongside his friends and reached the Suez Canal. He served in the Jordan Valley, on the Golan Heights, and wherever the enemy attacked our borders. He always loved to help others, and when he was in Beit Shean, he initiated and organized a modest fundraising campaign among his friends for the children of Beit She’an. He was always willing to come to the aid of a friend in trouble, and was loved by all his comrades in arms. When he was in reserve duty he did not want to take vacations while his married friends and family owners remained in the job. On the last day of March 1970 he was called to reserve duty. Two days before Passover, he was given leave, but refused to leave because he preferred to remain in the place under his married friend and the owner of the family so that he could spend the holiday with his family. On April 18, 1970, he fell while attacking enemy planes in the area of ​​the Suez Canal. He was laid to rest in the military cemetery in Kiryat Shaul.