Aboshadid, Rachamim

Was born on 19 July 1922 in Hebron. In the 1929 riots, when he was seven years old, he witnessed the murder of his father and brother and the wounding of several members of his family by Arab rioters from Hebron, but he himself miraculously survived, although he testified before the committee that he was appointed to investigate the events. The “Tachkemoni” book in Jerusalem and then continued his studies at the Terra Sancta High School in the city, later joining many of his friends in the local Haganah organization After the United Nations General Assembly resolution of 29 November 1947, States, the Arabs of the Land of Israel began fighting to thwart the decision, one of the focal points of the fighting was in Jerusalem and Rahamim was sent to guard in various places in the city. On May 6, 1948, he received a short leave from his commanding officer at the Notre Dame to visit his family in the Achva neighborhood, When he arrived home, heavy shelling from the Jordanian Legion began and everyone rushed to take cover. One of the shells hit Rahamim’s sister’s house and eight members of the family perished: Rahamim, his wife, his brother and his wife and daughter, his sister and daughter, and another nephew. The victims were brought for temporary burial in Sheikh Badr and then transferred to eternal rest in the cemetery on Har Hamenuhot. Rahamim left three brothers and two sisters.