Yitzhak Weinstock was born on August 8, 1974 to Dov and Shoshana. He was raised in Allon Shvut in Gush Etzion and attended the Or Etzion Yeshiva High School and the pre-army mechina in Eli.
On December 1, 1993 Yitzhak was on his way to say goodbye to his friends in Eli before he was to be drafted the next day, when the car in which he was hitchhiking had problems with its exhaust. Yitzhak got out to help and at that moment a passing car filled with terrorists began firing. Shalva Ozana, another hitchhiker was killed on the spot. Yitzhak was taken to Hadassah Hospital in critical condition and died 18 hours later. He was buried in the cemetery in Gush Etzion.
