Aboud, David

Son of Vida and Michael, was born on October 13, 1927 in Istanbul, the suburb of Kusgunchik, in Turkey. He studied in an elementary school, but he yearned desperately for Eretz Yisrael. When he was 15, he separated from his parents and immigrated to Israel. He was educated in a youth company – within the framework of Aliyat Hanoar – from 1943, first in Ashdot Ya’akov, and later in Ramat Hakovesh. Learn frames. David did not persist in the kibbutz and did not join our nucleus, “Nachsholim” in Tantura. He settled in Tel Aviv, where his uncle lived, worked and aspired to study chemistry. The spirit of volunteerism he absorbed in the youth company accompanied him wherever he did. From the beginning of the War of Independence, which broke out after the UN General Assembly decided to divide the country into two states, he was among the escorts of the convoys to Jerusalem and served as acting commander of the convoy, and took part in several daring operations. “The conquest of Jerusalem took hold of the Kastel, which controls the road and was held by our forces, and the Arabs carried out a number of counterattacks in order to return this vital control to their hands and on one night, on the night of April 7-8, their commander ‘Abd al-Qader al-Husseini was killed. On April 8, 1948, the Arab forces carried out a fierce attack to capture the body and find the body of their leader. Harel daughter came reinforcements and people covered the retreat of Castel defenders. In the difficult retreat, many of the reinforcements and David fell among them. He was buried in Ma’ale Hachamisha. On the 19th of Kislev 5714 (19.11.1953) he was put to rest at the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem.