Ben-Yehuda, Avner

Son of Shulamit and Yehuda-Shlomo was born in 1911 in the city of Kau, in Yemen, and immigrated to Israel with his parents in 1918. After studying at the elementary school in Ness Ziona, he went to work and joined the Histadrut, fighting the conservatism of the older generation and resisting the integration of the young generation in my life Avner was one of the first immigrants on the ground in 1930. He was the secretary of the moshav and a member of the workers’ council, and worked to bring the residents together in the Histadrut. And a branch of the Kupat Holim Health Fund for the village, was one of the leaders of the moshav and its activists, and devoted all his spare time to it Energy and labor. He was a member of the Haganah “and active since 1935, organized, trained and coached in different places. During the 1936 events were monitored and enlisted since served a row. In 1942 graduated from the Haganah” commanders’ course and was commander of the Castle District of peace. In the winter of 1948 he was active in the defense of the place and the environment and took part in the battle for Kubaybeh, and his two eldest sons – of his five children – A landmine was found on the hill in Kobeiba and he was transferred to the rope post and sent to inspect the place, where he found a mortar shell, and when he failed to blow it up, he began to disassemble it with his hands. The shell exploded and shattered it together with his two sons, Yehuda, 15, who was a member of the Gadna active in the area and organized a group of contacts, and Matityahu, 13, who also served as a liaison between the defenders’ positions. – The cemetery in Nes Tziona.