Cordova, Yitzhak (Itzik)

Was born on November 5, 1930, in the city of Nova Zagora, Bulgaria, the grandson of Yitzhak Salomon Cordova, one of the first Zionists in Yambol, Bulgaria, and was educated from his childhood in a national-Zionist and Hebrew atmosphere. During the Nazi regime in Bulgaria, Yitzhak was a member of the youth movement “Maccabi” and “Hechalutz Hatzair”, with the intention of immigrating to Eretz Israel He immigrated to Israel as part of Youth Aliyah from Europe in 1944. In Israel, he was accepted to the son of Shemen Youth Village, where he underwent a psychotechnical test successfully – as the first among 500 examinees – He joined the Gordonia youth movement and was a member of the Urim group, and his talents were determined to be sent to the Technion in Haifa, while in the meantime he was inducted in a service year and from August 1947 he was a guard. But he did not want to miss this mitzvah of defending the country and postponed his studies for the days of peace, he was a music lover and especially admired Bach and Beethoven, whose works were familiar even in times of distress and danger. After the United Nations General Assembly resolution of 29 November 1947 on the partition of the land, he went to guard posts and filled every position assigned to him, next to his Lewis machine gun On the 22nd of Shvat 5708 (22.1.1948) In an open van from Holon to inspect the road to Jerusalem and to secure the passage of a convoy, near the entrance to Yazur, found the road blocked and encountered fire from an Arab ambush.The truck was hit and burnt, the guards were forced to abandon it, took cover on the side of the road and fought against enemy forces until they all fell. He was brought to rest at the Nachlat Yitzhak military cemetery, where he was the youngest of the guards in his unit, after whom the seat of Mishmar Hashiva was named. seven”.