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Goldman (Gilon), Yoram

Goldman (Gilon), Yoram


Son of-Greta and Yosef (Werner) was born on December 11, 1930 in Jerusalem to parents who came from Germany and immigrated to Eretz Israel in 1925. In Givat Brenner, he was educated in the love of the land and agriculture. Yoram joined the Gordonia youth movement and later was active in the United Movement. He studied the electrical profession before leaving with members of the agricultural training group. He joined the Haganah and joined the Haganah at the outbreak of the War of Independence. He followed his father, who was a member of the Haganah in 1929 and commander of a Jewish unit in the British Army during the Second World War. In December 1947 he moved to Hayash and was among those who accompanied the caravans to son of Shemen and was wounded in the Arab Legion’s vicious attack on the convoy of son of Shemen near Beit Naballah, where he returned to the same unit and returned to son of Shemen. He took part in Operation Nachshon, where he met with his father, who participated in the operation, and participated in activities in the Arab Hulda, Wadi Sarar (Nahal Soreq), Al Qubab, etc. When he received a report about the death of a dear friend, “Yes, now we have become used to it – every day friends fall, but we still have to stand firm in the battle.” On the night of June 2-3, 1948, during Operation Philistine, (The “Ad Halom” bridge today), the assault was halted by heavy enemy fire, and the forces were forced to retreat, but the attack failed, but forced the Egyptians to prepare for the attack and halted their advance northward. He was sent to a hospital where he died of his wounds on May 3, 1948. He was 17 and a half at the time of his death, Forever in the Nahalat Yitzhak Military Cemetery.

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