Ben Zion and Haniyeh. He was born in the city of Pruposhna (near Ternopol) in Poland in 1925. His parents died during the Second World War and served in the Red Army and immigrated to Israel in 1948. Immediately upon his arrival he was drafted into the IDF. In the performance of his duties, on the 23rd of Sivan 5706 (8.6.1950) he fell and was brought to eternal rest in the military cemetery at Nahalat Yitzhak