Gordon, Matityahu

Was born on 9 January 1930 in Hadera and attended the elementary school and Gymnasium in Hadera, where he was a member of the Haganah and active in the Maccabi movement. (He spent his year in Givat Hashlosha), was gentle and sensitive, good and innocent in his actions, humble and honest in his ways, and his teacher tells him that he once took upon himself the guilt of another so as not to embarrass the class and the educator. In the Harel Brigade and participated in the battles of the Castel and the Latrun front, was in Ma’aleh Hahamisha and Ramat Rachel and accompanied convoys to the Dead Sea. He also participated in the conquest of Jaffa and served as a radio operator on the way to Jerusalem. Matisyahu fell on Monday, June 9, 1948, in the conquest of an outpost near Latrun, on the 17th of Cheshvan 5710 (17.11.1949), he was put to rest at the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem.