Yitzhaki, Yitzhak

Son of Avraham and Devorah. He was born on September 17, 1936 in Jerusalem. The family, who came to Israel immediately after the First World War, moved to Tel Aviv in 1942 because of the weakened business of their father’s business, and Yitzhak began to study at the Beit Hahinuch Gimel Elementary School. As a child, he absorbed the atmosphere of the Hagana and the Palmach in his home, After graduating from elementary school, he began to attend evening classes at the Amal vocational school, where he learned his profession, was a welding engineer for heavy plumbing, was active in the Hanoar Haoved movement, and traveled extensively throughout the country on behalf of the movement. He also belonged to the “Zevulun” seafaring society, located on the banks of the Yarkon River in Tel Aviv, because he was attracted to the sea He liked to read military literature and had many books he had acquired for himself, and was interested in the history of the Jewish community in Palestine at the age of 17 and a half, and despite his will and ambition he was assigned to the unit Infantry and belonged to Golani, and after completing basic training he was transferred to a course for infantry officers who completed successfully. After completing extensive operations in various capacities, he was discharged from the army but did not want to sign for permanent service, and immediately after his discharge began working at the Dead Sea Bromine Plant where he worked for six years as a fine locksmith and manager. In the past two years, he worked as a contractor for the expansion of the factory in Hadera, where he worked as a reservist in an armored brigade, where he remained until his death. As division commander On the third day of the battles, he was 28 Iyar 5727 (7.6.1967), fell in a battle that took place near Bir Gafgafa in the Sinai, when he hit a ” And then he heads his company, which moves at the entrance to Bir Gafgafa. He left a wife and three children and the youngest was about a few months old. He was buried in the military cemetery in Bari and was later transferred to eternal rest in the Kiryat Shaul military cemetery. To indicate his devotion to military service he was promoted to captain after they fell. In the book “On Your Platforms Space” published by comrades in arms, his history was brought.