Ben-Menashe, Maxim

Son of an educated family from Babylon, who were among a small group of Zionists whose national consciousness pushed them to leave the oldest exile of our people and to settle in a land that was still under their rule under the British Mandate. Mother – from Egypt. Maxim was born in Tel Aviv on February 17, 1945, after graduating from the “Merkaz” elementary school in Ramat Gan where he studied at the Ohel Shem High School. He was always smiling and full of life and life, and was serious about everything, and every job he would do without complaint and resentment. 1963 Was drafted into the IDF and completed his regular service. From time to time he went to reserve duty. He was a good and devoted friend, and in general he loved people by nature. Was revealed with his humility and humility in times of distress. The commander of his company writes that a good soldier was in the reserve company and Ehud commanded his subordinates as a commander and a social leader who was one of the first to carry out a mission. And his subordinates in exile not only courage and courage, sacrifice and adhering to the task but also initiative and resourcefulness. When he went into battle with the entire company, he said: “It is not the battle or death that worries me but the sorrow and pain that will be caused to my family and to my friends.” At the end of the day of the battles in Khan Yunis, the fighters advanced on the mission to clean houses on both sides of the road. Meanwhile, the evening fell and the company was found near Sheikh Mohammed, where the enemy soldiers’ battalion was entrenched. While they fought hard they advanced to the outpost and the fire broke out on them. Moments before the order was issued to attack the enemy’s stubborn position, he whispered to his friend: “Be careful, you have a wife and child,” and he himself fell in the enemy’s bullet. It was on the first day of the fighting, June 26, 1967. He was laid to rest in the military cemetery in Kiryat Shaul.