Alper, Abraham

Son of Roza and Isaac, was born on the 9th of Iyar, 1929 in northern Romania. After experiencing the hardships of World War II and wandering in detention camps and DP camps, he arrived in Palestine at the beginning of the year 1946 as part of Youth Aliyah and received his education at the Neve Amiel Institute near Sde Ya’akov, He then concentrated his training in the Mossad from 1946 to 1947. He moved to Sde Eliyahu and worked in the kibbutz, where he enlisted and served in the “Yiftah” Brigade. He completed a naval training course and participated in battles. In preparation for the first truce, the Yiftah Brigade was demoted to the central region and took part in the fighting in the Latrun area. At the end of the first truce, the brigade participated in Operation Dani and on the night of July 17-18, 1948, towards the beginning of the second truce, the Haemek Battalion seized Shilat and an outpost in the eastern part of the Korikor ridge to threaten the wing of the Legion. In the morning it became clear that the Legion force was holding the western part of the ridge. The enemy attacked the force in the outpost from two directions with the aid of armored vehicles, and that was forced to withdraw. In the harsh retreat in an open area under crossfire, many of the fighters fell. In this battle he fell on the 18th of Tammuz 5708 (18.7.1948) on the 11th of Adar 5702 (28.2.1950) was transferred to the eternal rest at the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem.