The Yaakov (Zeljko) Mrvica Memorial Traditional Cache

Yaakov Mrvica came to Israel from Serbia in August 2002, shortly before his enlistment, and was adopted by the Klein family of Kibbutz Geva.

Mrvica was killed along with five comrades in May 2004 in the Zeitun neighborhood of Gaza when a missile struck the armored vehicle they were riding in. Mrvica was buried in Serbia in accordance with his family’s wishes, but his name is etched on the kibbutz’s monument to its fallen, and his girlfriend built a memorial monument to him in Zichron Yaakov which the whole family visits every year. This is the Zichron Yaakov memorial.

For more information: 

• https://www.yaakovmrvica.com/ (in Hebrew)
• https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-the-fallen-israeli-soldiers-who-left-behind-two-bereaved-families-1.5467011 (in English)
• http://www.zy1882.co.il/Index6/Entry.aspx?nodeId=1238&entryId=193 (in Hebrew)