Henan, Menachem

Was born in Istanbul (Constantinople), Turkey, to Yitzhak, Suzanne (Malka), Fortuna (Mazal) and Benjamin, who was educated in a traditional family and from his youth. Menahem immigrated to Eretz Israel in 1943 and joined the Amal group in Sde Nahum, and became attached to it with all his Lev and soul, joining a pioneering training program at Givat Brenner, where he held faith for two years in every job he was assigned “He hoped his parents would come soon and prepared for the settlement of his group in Tzuba, but he did not ignore what awaited him, and often told his friends:” I am not sure if We will all be privileged to see the fulfillment of our dreams. We will soon be waiting for a great battle. “At the end of November 1947, he was sent to the Negev Guard with his five comrades to guard the water pipe. During the tour, he fell from the ambush on 28.12.1947, Be’er Sheva A monument in his memory was erected in the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem, and the space is a macaloon – a space whose burial place is unknown.