Gol, Tzadok

The son of Mazal and Moshe, Tzadok was born on December 9, 1924, in a small town in Tashkent, the Soviet Union. When he was three, his parents decided to immigrate to Israel. His father died during their aliyah.
At the beginning of 1936, a few months after the arrival of the family to Israel, because of his tribulations, Tzadok decided to dedicate his life to the security of the Jews in their country. Tzadok served three years in the Palmach where he learned champing, artillery, seamanship, and radar. He was appointed commander of his squad and was involved in many operations (blowing up the railroad tracks, helping new immigrants coming off boats, etc.) Tzadok was discharged from the Palmach in 1946, but at the same time worked as a trainer and instructor in the Palmach’s “Reserva” unit. At the beginning of Independence War, he returned to a full duty in the army. Tzadok participated in defending Tel Aviv and accompanied convoys to Jerusalem and later served as a weaponeer in the Palmach’s Harel Brigade. With his brigade he climbed besieged Jerusalem, and while a covering with a machine gun the passage of convoy of weapons and ammunition to the battalion at Sha’ar Hagai, a bullet was fired from the village Deir Ayyud and hit his head. Tzadok died on the first of Nissan, April 20, 1948, and was brought to rest in the cemetery in Sanehedria, Jerusalem.