Avin, Hanoch

Son of-Batsheva and Reuven was born on 27.4.1923 in Tel Aviv, completed elementary and high school and a gym teacher’s course, was trained in the teaching profession and was active in Ra’anana, where he grew up. He was a member of the Fosh and later of the Haganah, where he underwent various courses, guided and commanded the Hagana, and his activities were so important that he was not allowed to enlist in the British Army during the Second World War. He conducted many tours on behalf of the Hagana to familiarize himself with the mountainous terrain, where the enemy was supposed to take action against the Yishuv, and on one of the patrols, in May 1943, he fell into the hands of an Arab gang with four friends, all of them unarmed. The gang members robbed their shoes, held them in the cave, and shot them, killing one of them (Avraham Yisraeli z “l) and injuring him in the head. Was able to walk barefoot on the rocky ground, and after two days of wandering, he arrived at the Nablus police station and from there he returned to Ra’anana, where he was called by his friends “the hero from Nablus.” In February 1948 he was about to be sent for a long course before entering full service and was given a short extension because his wife was about to give birth. In a fierce attack on Magdiel, he was summoned to the defensive forces, and during the night he commanded a squad, moved his position forward in the fields of the village of Bir Adas and attacked the The Arabs of Bir Adas and the forces of the “Rescue Army” of Qawukji used to initiate shooting attacks on Magdiel and even infiltrate the area of ​​the colony, and in one of these attacks was summoned with a force of reinforcements to repel the attack. Adar I 5708 (March 3, 1948) He was brought to rest at the military cemetery in Ra’anana, his twins were born a few weeks after his death