Gutman, David-Shlomo

Son of Attil-Zipora and Yosef, was born in Romania in 1922, immigrated to Israel from Cyprus in 1948 and joined the Alexandroni Brigade. During the “Horev” operation, a “liquidation” operation was carried out to liquidate the “Faluja pocket” in which Nasserah was an Egyptian brigade. The attack took place on the eastern flank of the “pocket” in the area of ​​Iraq al-Manshiyya. The Alexandroni forces broke into the village from the south and took over part of it, but their assault on the hill north of the village was repulsed. Meanwhile, the Egyptians recovered and attacked and forced our forces to withdraw. Part of the force was trapped inside the village. In this battle he fell on the 28th of Kislev 5709 (December 28, 1948), and was buried in Faluja. On the 17th of Kislev 5710 (8.12.1949) he was transferred to the military cemetery in Haifa for eternal rest