Goshen, Eliyahu

Son of-Eliezer and Hassia. He was born on August 31, 1946, in Maanit, where he completed his studies at the kibbutz elementary school, where he studied at the “Mevo’ot Iron” educational institution. He loved his kibbutz, his company, his fields and his work, and this time he said to his mother: “When I grope alone at evening and see the plowed field expand in my Lev “His spirit was always good for him, and he knew how to cheer everyone around him with joy and warmth. The first days of the Six-Day War began in the middle of compulsory service, and on the first day of the battles, on the 5th of Iyar 5727 (June 5, 1967), the Armored Patrol broke out, in which he served, As a member of the artillery team, opposite Rafah, and when the half-track was hit directly by enemy fire, Elijah was among the casualties. He was buried in the military emergency cemetery in Bari and was later transferred to eternal rest at the cemetery in Ma’anit. The kibbutz issued a pamphlet called “Benarabta” in his memory. In the booklet of the armored patrol, which was taken out by his comrades from Kibbutz Kfar Menachem, his name was immortalized. In 53 of them, in memory of the fallen of Kibbutz Artzi in the Six Day War, a page was devoted to his history.