Abramzon, Jonathan (Yonz)

Son of Ahuva and Aryeh was born in March 1919 in Yavne’el, a kindergarten near Yavne’el, where he spent his childhood, and after completing his studies at the elementary school he was chosen by PIKA to study at Mikvah Israel. Where he first came into contact with the Haganah. Because of his father’s illness, he was forced to stop his studies and return to the family farm. When he was seventeen he pursued, guarding the countryside, after harassing Arabs, was caught in a trap and surrounded by hostile Bedouins. Feeling the help of his assaulted friend, he killed two of the assailants. After this he deliberately wound himself in order to be saved from a death sentence that awaited him under the constitution of the Mandatory government. Yonatan joined the ranks of Wingate and served in Carmen. He was promoted to sergeant. During the Second World War he was sent to Lebanon and arrived at the beach in a boat with an English soldier. He was caught and arrested as a spy and sentenced to death. Fortunately for him, the execution was postponed, and in the meantime he knew of solitary confinement and torture. When the British invaded Lebanon, Jonathan was released from prison. Upon returning to his village, he proved his activity by realizing the idea of ​​a cooperative agriculture at the foundation of the “organization of the soldier.” Lived the life of a prominent man and a man of defense. During the 12 years he was a member of the Haganah he managed to guide and train students for hundreds. Before the outbreak of the War of Independence he settled in Haifa. Bread in Tirat Zvi and in the Haifa Battalions served as an officer in charge, with the rank of captain, in the lower city. Bread on the way to Jerusalem and the Jordan Valley front. Was wounded in the leg and transferred as an operations officer to the Minorities Unit. During Operation “Hiram” for the liberation of the Western Galilee, the unit fought under the command of the Oded Brigade, which operated in the western sector of the operation. On the night of 28-29 October our forces attacked Tarshiha and the Druze unit was assigned to conquer the village of Yanuh. The attack on Tarshiha did not succeed, and the forces were ordered to retreat. The Druze unit took control of Yanu, but due to faults in the connection, it did not accept the withdrawal order. In the morning Kaukji’s forces recovered and with the help of some villagers attacked the unit and was forced to retreat. Jonathan fell in battle on 26 October 1948, and was brought to rest in the cemetery in Beit Gan. Six months before his death, he married a wife and was about to build up the ruins of his parents’ farm.