Dagan, Avraham

Avraham, the son of Doba and Haim, was born on April 29, 1952 in Petah Tikva, his father Haim, a Holocaust survivor, and his mother Duba, who was born in Petah Tikva. And later continued his studies at the Krinitzy High School in Ramat Gan and completed his studies in 1970. Avraham’s teachers praised him for his ability to work, and his friends, whom he called Abram, remember him as a kind child, whose smile Abraham was large and firm, but never used his power to the detriment, on the contrary, he often helped the weak against the strong people we had prepared for him, and his great strength, modesty, and kindness were all the more important. He was a sports fan and won certificates of excellence for his achievements in athletics, and later joined the Hapoel Petah Tikva handball team and played as a goalkeeper, and his coach even predicted a great future for him. Avraham was also well-versed in the wisdom of his hands and seemed to have invested his entire soul in the woodwork he had done, and he was going to continue his father’s carpentry work. His physical strength made basic training easier for him. After that, he completed a tank-driver course at the Armored Corps School and won excellent grades. He was assigned to a tank battalion and served in the Sinai, not far from the Canal, as a tank driver and a courier. For many months he served in the line of strongholds and for this he was awarded the “Operational Service Award”. On the 9th day of Tishrei 5734 (9.10.1973), the fourth day of the battles in the southern sector of the Suez Canal, Abraham fell in battle, after his tank was hit directly by the shell of an enemy tank. Three weeks later, the family learned that her son was missing. On November 26, 1973, it was declared a space whose burial place was unknown. Only after the signing of the separation of forces agreement was his corpse found. He was brought to eternal rest in the Petach Tikva cemetery. He was survived by a father, mother and brother. After his fall, he was promoted to First Sergeant. In a letter of condolence to the bereaved family, the unit commander wrote that Avraham was a partner to the victory, in which the armored force of the Egyptian army was stopped. The commander praised Abraham’s courage and devotion to the mission until he fell. His parents commemorated his memory in a memorial booklet, and the statue of the late president, Zalman Shazar, in the conjugal room at Yad Labanim in Petach Tikvah.