Abu-Rukhn, Amin-Ridan
Son of Admonia and eredan was born in 1927 in the Druze village of Isfiya on Mount Carmel. He attended the local elementary school and was a farmer, working on his father’s farm in Isfiya. Amin was one of the first Druze to enlist in the IDF and served in the Special Druze Unit for the Liberation of the Western Galilee during the operation of the “Hiram” Brigade for the liberation of the Western Galilee, under the command of Oded Brigade, which operated in the western sector of the operation. The Druze were tasked with conquering the village of Yanuk, but the attack on Tarshiha did not succeed, and the forces were ordered to withdraw, but the Druze unit took control of Yanu, He fell in battle on October 29, 1948, and the next day he was buried in Yanoach the sheich of Isfiya village that was the uncle of reliable, eulogized and said inter alia: “Amin loved freedom not let dishonor his homeland and his followers. The belief in justice motivated him and his friends to come into this campaign without fear and. He volunteered for the Israel Defense Forces even though he was assigned by the Arab institutions to enlist in the Arab army, promising them wealth and a great deal after the defeat of the Jews. He and his friends wrote a brilliant page in the history of the Israeli war … “On November 30, 1954, he was transferred to the Druze military cemetery in the village of Isfiya.
