Cohen, Shmuel

Was born on October 6, 1927 in Bombay, India, and arrived in Israel with his parents in 1936 at the age of 9. Shmuel studied at the elementary school in Herzliya, but even before completing his studies, He returned to his parents’ home and worked as a metalworker and a metalworker, then joined the Nutras and moved to Ramat Hakovesh, where he joined the Palmach and joined the Massada group. With the outbreak of the War of Independence, he returned to the Palmach, served in the “Al-Furtzim” battalion and participated in operations around Jaffa and the road to Jerusalem – the Abu Kabir, Yazur, Beit Dagon, Abu Gosh, Hulda, Castel, Kiryat Anavim and Ma’aleh Hahamisha neighborhoods. The Arabs carried out a number of counter-attacks in order to return this vital control to their hands and on one night, on the night of April 7-8, their commander, Abed, was killed, Al-Qader Al-Husseini On April 28, 1948, the Arab forces carried out a fierce attack to capture the place and find the body of their leader. Fifth Battalion of the Harel Brigade emerged as reinforcements Castel and its people covered the retreat of Castel defenders severe withdrawal fell among many reinforcements department and Samuel among them. He was wounded, but as he was a paramedic, he felt the need to help of his badly wounded friend and was hit by a second bullet that killed him. He was buried in Ma’ale Hachamisha. On the 19th of Kislev 5714 (19.11.953) he was put to rest at the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem.