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Translated by Monica Devens
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Son of Avraham and Sosia-Leah, born in the city of Korets, on the border of Poland and Ukraine, in 1931. In 1935, when he was 3 years old, he emigrated to Israel with his parents. After completing the “BILU” [=Beit Yaakov Lechu ve-Nelcha, a Zionist movement] primary school in Tel Aviv, he went to Kibbutz Alonim for training. During two years of work on the kibbutz, his character was forged and the life goal of being a farmer developed. He returned to the city for some time and, as a member of “Ha-No'ar Ha-Oved,” he connected with a group that went to Na'an for recruited training and from there he moved to Givat Ha-Shlosha. He was a happy guy by nature, loved music. He wrote in the training newsletter that it was the outline of his path.
After November 29, 1947, he and his friends were recruited to the Palmach and were transferred to the Negev. He spent about four months in Yad Mordechai. He participated in accompanying passenger convoys, with patrols that secured the workers in the fields, and he was only 16 at the time. Upon return, due to a social crisis in his training, he joined a core group that completed studies at Mikveh Israel and intended to go Kibbutz Geva. However, the events in Israel worsened and all the young men were drafted into Regiment A of the section called: “Geva Training.” Yaakov took part in battles at Malkia and Latrun, where he was killed along with his friends on July 18, 1948 when he was only 17. On Adar 11, 5710 (February 28, 1950), he was moved to a permanent grave at the military cemetery on Mt. Herzl in Jerusalem.
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Son of Eliezer and Leah. Born on Shvat 1, 5690 (January 30, 1930) in Jerusalem. He finished primary school in Talpiot and six levels at the secondary school for the children of workers. During the summer vacation, he would go to the family of friends in Kfar Warburg and participate in farm work as if he had been doing it from birth. Because of this he insisted, and achieved, his desire - to study agriculture. At Mikveh Israel, he specialized in dairy farming and was beloved there as a good and cheerful member. He joined a Palmach training group in Ramat Yohanan and gave the group half of the money that he earned through his first daily farming after he “was authorized,” and the rest of his money he spent buying presents for his relatives.
Due to the circumstances of the winter of 1948, the members of the training group were drafted for weapons operations and his service was in accompanying convoys in the south, in the area of the summer day camp of his youth, and in sending bursts of gunfire to those who interfered with the transportation. He liked the hard tasks and was one of the volunteers for every mission. During his participation in the attack on a nest of rioters in Kfar Timra, next to Mishmar Ha-Yam, he was wounded by shrapnel and by the time it was possible to get to him, he had lost a lot of blood and he died on Shvat 8, 5708 (January 19, 1948) before his 18th birthday. He was buried in the military cemetery in Nahalat Yitzhak.
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Son of Moshe and Sarah. Born on July 4, 1927 in Tel-Aviv. An only son of a long-time family in Israel. Was a graduate of the “Nes Ziona” school and continued his studies at the Max Fine vocational school. Became a mechanic and driver. Loved to travel in Israel and to organize parties. Joined the “Haganah” when he was 13. Was active during the underground period. Member of “Ha-No'ar Ha-Oved.” Participated in the “Wingate Night” action and, during the blockade of Rishpon and Shfayim, tried to break the British blockade and was caught, but tried again and succeeded.
With the outbreak of the War of Independence, left his job as a driver at the Tel Aviv port, enlisted, and completed a course in sabotage and medic work, participated in the battles in the area of Tel Aviv - in Abu Kabir, Menashiye, Salma, Jebaliya, Ben-Shemen, Beit-Dagon, in acts of retaliation in the area, accompanying convoys to Jerusalem and in the “Nahshon” operation, Hulda. Served in the “Giv'ati” brigade. On April 13, 1948, volunteered to rescue the convoy of doctors at Sheikh Jarrah. He was wounded in his head, crawled up the mountains until he got to “Hadassah” hospital, which is on Mt. Scopus, and died there of his wounds. Was buried in Sanhedria in Jerusalem and, on September 26, 1951, was transferred to the military cemetery on Mt. Herzl in Jerusalem.
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Son of Pinchas and Pu'ah. Born on Kislev 17, 5690 (December 19, 1929) in Tel Aviv. Already at a young age, he excelled in his strength of comprehension, special memory, unusual ability with numbers, and strong desire to stick his nose in books. At about the age of 7, he knew how to multiply large numbers by heart and to repeat the entire genealogy according to the Tanakh and the New Testament, from the first man to Jesus, the Christian, forwards and backwards. He skipped first grade in elementary school. As he matured, he was revealed as one of quick intellectual comprehension and sharp analysis in matters of science and society. In secondary school, he joined the Scouts movement, and at the age of 15-16, he was in the youth group that intended to join the ranks of the Palmach when the time came.
In the spring of 1947, he finished his studies at secondary school and went with his friends to the Negev to help with the project of laying water pipes. He returned after a few weeks, gave up the rest of the summer vacation, and went to work on Kibbutz Sarid. Even when he returned home for the month of Tishrei 5708 (September 1947), he participated with his friends in selling flowers in order to support two poor families. Immediately after the holiday of Sukkot, he went for training in the upper Galilee and afterwards enlisted in the Palmach. In his letters, he did not mention the dangers in which he was placed. Every letter was full of soothing and the hope of seeing his parents and relatives. Only after his death was it revealed that he had participated in the ugly battle of Nabi Yusha. In the letter that he wrote to his parents after this battle, he did not reveal even a small hint that he had participated in the battle and had come out alive only by a miracle. His last letter to his parents was written in Metula on May 16, 1948. He wrote it after he had participated in the successful conquest of Tzfat and several operations after that. This was the first and only time that he wrote about his participation in battle and the letter tells entirely of spiritual uplifting and deep personal satisfaction. The letter was received three days after its author was already no longer alive.
After a few days, his parents were informed that, on May 18, 1948, he was sent together with his unit as reinforcement for the people of the Jordan Valley and during the night after that (May 19, 1948), he fell in the battle over the police station in Zemach. He was buried in the cemetery in Kinneret on May 21, 1948.
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