Bekerman, Yehezkel
Son of-Sarah and Zvi, was born on October 11, 1926, in Haifa and studied at the Yagur-Nesher elementary school, where his father worked since the establishment of the cement factory, and later studied in the vocational high school Tiz Yagur, And was active in the local youth groups that was educated in the Zionist spirit of the labor movement and was a gifted, kind and courteous athlete who was very devoted to his parents.In the spring of 1944 he enlisted in the British Army Engineers Corps and served in Egypt, the Western Desert and Italy, Where he was awarded a British Army company regiment, and was discharged from the British army in August 1946 and accepted to work at the Nesher cement factory. He served in the Haganah, served in the Haganah, completed difficult and dangerous assignments, completed a commanders’ course, and together with the students took part in the “Night of the Bridges” Carmeli. ” As a machine gunner in the auxiliary company, he participated in the harassment of Arab transport and more. He was later sent to the “son of Ami” convoy to help Kibbutz Yehiam. Yechezkel remained in the besieged Yehiam and took part in her defense. When he got out of there, when his exhaustion reached its zenith and his desire to get home, he gave up vacation days and immediately joined as a machine gunner for his company. He participated in the liberation of the Western Galilee, and Yechiam in general, and in revenge for his comrades in the convoy. From there he moved with his battalion to the Jenin sector. After stopping the invasion of the Jordan Valley, our forces took the initiative and attacked the Gilboa area. After gaining control of the Gilboa ridge, the Carmeli Brigade attacked Jenin on June 3 and occupied the outposts controlling the city. The Iraqi army, which moved to Samaria after its failure in the Jordan Valley, concentrated its forces and counterattacked, and under this attack our forces were forced to retreat. In this battle, on the 25th of Iyar 5708 (June 3, 1948), he was critically wounded and at the time of the withdrawal was left in the field with the severely wounded. On the 17th of Elul 5710 (3.8.1950), he was laid to rest at the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem.
