Fogel, Ben-Zion

Son of-Nechama and Yitzhak, was born on September 9, 1930, in the city of Bialystok, Poland, where his mother came from Israel for her pregnancy. His parents immigrated to Israel in 1926. At the age of six months, the mother returned to Israel and grew up in Rehovot, where his father worked in the manufacture of shingles and son of-Zion was a good help in this work. After a few years they joined the village of Bilu, where he used to go to school in Rehovot, where he went to the Max Payne vocational school in Tel Aviv and excelled in his studies in the real professions. He belonged to the Haganah, from the Gadna, participated in the struggle against the British, such as the capture of the British by the British. After completing his studies at the school, he managed to do some training for the Hashomer Hatzair youth movement in Negba, from which he was a member until his last day. When the War of Independence broke out he was one of the first volunteers to serve in the Givati ​​Brigade. He was an expert sapper and participated in many activities, proving great courage, discretion and responsibility. son of-Zion took part in dozens of activities: in Yazur, accompanied by caravans to Jerusalem, in the village of Uriya, in the bombing of Hassan Salameh headquarters, in the Nachshon, Latrun, Tel Arish and Maccabi activities. Ordered his squad to blow up the Arab house in an orchard in Beit Dagon and to conquer nearby villages. On Tuesday, July 10, 1948, He was sent to collect wounded people from the Ibdis outpost, where he was injured. The medics who felt his help said that his injury was mild and that he would treat others, and in the meantime he had lost his soul. He was laid to rest at the military cemetery in Rehovot.