Canani, Avraham

Son of Esther and Mordechai, was born on the 19th of Shevat, February 10, 1928 in Tel Aviv. In 1943 he joined the Irgun underground and although his body was not very strong he insisted that he should be a member of the Irgun. His demand was accepted for combat service. His first activity was in transporting the weapons, to the organization’s warehouses. In addition, he participated in the roles of security guard, soldier, and in assisting the victims of various actions. When Avraham tried to confiscate money for the organization’s needs from the Ottoman Bank on August 13, 1946 in Jaffa, he was arrested, interrogated for about two weeks in the Ramleh police station and waited about a month for his trial at the central prison in Jerusalem. When no evidence was found, Avraham was sent without trial to detention in the Latrun camp and six months later, on February 1, 1947, was released on bail. When the War of Independence began, he was greatly pleased to return to combat duty and was appointed commander of the unit. Avraham participated in punitive measures against the Arabs, in the search for weapons among the Arabs in Tel Arish, and in attacks on British weapons that were preparing to leave the country. Then he was responsible for the section on the front of Abu Kabir. He took part in an attack on the Manshiyeh neighborhood in the northern part of Jaffa where he fell from a British shell on the 20th of Nissan, April 29, 1948. Avraham was laid to rest in the military cemetery at Nahalat Yitzhak.