Yasi, Yaakov
Ben Ayala and Shalom. He was born on September 11, 1968 in Tel Aviv. He grew up in his hometown. He began his studies at the Rokach Elementary School in the Yad Eliyahu neighborhood, continued in the Yehuda Halevi Middle School and completed high school at the Ort Singalovski Technical School. In this framework he learned automatic data processing. He loved mathematics and physics and was going to study these subjects at the university and specialize in teaching them. He was a good-hearted young man, sensitive to hardworking people and willing to volunteer and contribute. He also joined the ADI Society, which deals with the promotion of transplants and the saving of human life, but his private world remained closed to those around him and he did not share his feelings with anyone, but he was very attached to his family, and Jacob was an avid sportsman who worked tirelessly after work hours in sports , Played tennis and basketball, Yaakov was drafted into the army in November 1986 and was assigned to serve in the Signal Corps. In this framework, he underwent a wireless course, followed by an officers’ course and a course for liaison officers, after which he was given heavy duty positions. He served as the commander of a sector in the north and was then assigned to command and guide cadets. Ya’akov fell during his service on 18.6.1989 and was laid to rest at the military cemetery in Kiryat Shaul, where he placed his parents and sister Michal in a letter of condolence to the bereaved family, As a model officer who nurtures his soldiers and serves in positions requiring leadership ability The Association for the Commemoration of Martyrs of the Israel Defense Forces is working on the publication of a memorial booklet to commemorate his memory, and planted trees in his memory in the forests of the JNF and in the forest.
