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Foxman, Elimelech (Elik)

Foxman, Elimelech (Elik)

Son of Miriam and Moshe, was born on January 21, 1925 in Mahanayim. He grew up, studied and worked in his parents’ farm in Be’er Tuvia. After the outbreak of World War II, he joined the British Army and joined the ranks of the Jewish Brigade, and was one of the best machine-gunners on the Italian front. In the winter of 1948 he took part in Hagana operations, and at the beginning of the Egyptian invasion, when Be’er Tuvia was asked to send ten of her sons as reinforcements to the besieged Negev, Elik implored him to be a member of the Haganah, To send him too, though the plaster bandage had just been removed from his arm. Upon his arrival, he gave his friends from his military experience and influenced them by his perseverance in carrying hardships and his courage in carrying out “impossible” missions. Elimelech fell on the 12th of Iyar 5708 (21.5.1948) in the bombing of the enemy planes on Negba, he continued to fire from the “Baran” machine gun on the planes, until he was hit by an enemy bomb and fell. He was laid to rest at the military cemetery in Beer Tuvia. His memory was included in the booklet “In Memory of Them …” which was published in memory of the fallen of Be’er Tuvia in the month of Iyar 5709.

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