Gutman, Aviv

Son of Sarah and Yehuda. He was a driver and worked for a transportation company in Tel Aviv and was a member of the Haganah during the Second World War, serving as a driver in the British army. With the worsening of the security situation in Israel following the UN General Assembly resolution, he joined the Palmach and was an armored driver, and he was among the escorts of the convoys on the way to Jerusalem, and participated in many different activities. In their words, he was described as a “cheerful urban type,” who knew how to hum all the new songs and had a Simcha time in the company. The convoy returned to Jerusalem on the way back to the village of Neve Daniel, where he managed to return to Kfar Etzion in the last letter he received, telling him of his shock after his six sons were killed in his room. And on August 12, the Legion and Irregular forces carried out a heavy attack on the Gush and managed to break it up in two, and the attack continued the next day and the enemy succeeded in conquering Kfar Etzion, and fell with the defenders of Kfar Etzion on Wednesday, 1948). On the 17th of Cheshvan 5710 (17.11.1949), he was brought with his friends to eternal rest in the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem.