Ben Sham, Avner

Son of Hanna and Michael. Born on September 29, 1927 in Jerusalem to a family from the Caucasus, his father was a teacher and head of the “Mountain Jews” community that immigrated to Israel in 1922. Avner attended the “Tachkemoni” school, And in 1943 he joined the ranks of the Irgun Zvai Leumi, and in 1943 he joined the ranks of the Irgun Zvai Leumi (National Military Organization) and was known for his bravery, dedication and courage, and was assigned to the ” (July 13, 1945), in an attack on the army camp at the exhibition grounds in northern Tel Aviv (27.12.1945), the confiscation of weapons from the air force camp on Jabotinsky Street in Tel Aviv (February 3, 1946) British army camp daring Zrifin (06/03/1946) and acts of sabotage railway station in Ashdod. This action, on Monday, Nissan Ts”o (03/04/1946), encountered the attackers ambushed a British force and the exchange of fire killed Abner. He was laid to rest in the cemetery in Nahalat Yitzhak.