Fadida, Yechiel (Yichya)

Son of Shoshana (Regina) and Aholihav (Loeb) was born on October 7, 1927, in the Achva neighborhood of Tiberias. After completing six classes at the Alliance school in Tiberias, he went on a training course for Ayelet Hashahar in the Upper Galilee and stayed there for two years. Yechiel was forced to return to Tiberias to help his sick father, and for that reason went to work as a laborer. Yehiel joined the Hagana at the age of 16 and worked in its ranks. With the outbreak of the War of Independence, he separated from his father and as a veteran “Haganah” member stood among the first and was assigned to the Golani Brigade. On the night of April 22-23, 1948, a company force from the Golani Brigade came to conquer the town of Tzemach. One of the platoons, broke into the town and took control of part of it. At this stage they intervened with British forces in the police and army camp near the town, the connection between the departments was cut off and the department remained isolated in the town. Towards dawn, the platoon retreated in a battle with Arab forces that tried to surround it. This battle fell on the eve of the Passover holiday, April 22, 1948. He was laid to rest at the military cemetery in Tiberias.