Bloom, Eliahu

Son of Dina and Ludwig. He was born on the 10th of Tishrei 5727 (September 10, 1926) in Jerusalem, studied at the elementary school in Talpiot, then moved to the Hebrew Gymnasium and was a member of the Scout movement and later served as a guide in the Jerusalem Scouts. In 1944, he enlisted in the Palmach and became the commander of the squadron. . The “Night of the Bridges” was held in the framework of which Palmach units set out to blow up eleven bridges of roads and railways in eight places in the country, in order to disengage them from the neighboring countries. Palmach to blow up two bridges, the railway bridge and the road bridge, which leaned on Nahal Akhziv. The unit encountered fire and the fourteen soldiers were killed: thirteen of them, Eliyahu among them, were killed when the fire hit the explosives they were carrying, and the bridge was destroyed by the soldiers who took shelter between the columns. He was brought to rest in a mass grave in the cemetery on the Carmel coast. Lay down parents and sister. His friend from the Palmach wrote after his death: “In Eli’s face and in all his ways there was nobility. In his vicinity I always felt the joy of the ascension of the soul. He had many talents, had a healthy, friendly and rich-feeling humor. He knew what was before him and was firm in his ambitions. His education was thorough and multifaceted in art, painting, music, and drama. “In 1968, the bones of the 13 fallen soldiers were transferred to a grave that was dug in the Lev of the monument erected in memory of the fallen.