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Hermoni, Shmuel

Hermoni, Shmuel


Son of Esther and Joseph, was born on April 12, 1914 in the village of Zelena, Poland. After years of study and activity in the Gordonia and for the Jewish National Fund in his district (in eastern Galicia) and after his service in the Polish army, he immigrated to Israel in 1938. Upon his arrival he joined the Shimron group near Nahalal, joined the Nutras and served for 5 years. He served as a counselor in Beit Yosef and then in Ein Harod, where he served for a time as a quartermaster, and went to Hanita for two years, after which he was appointed as a grocery clerk in Kfar Yehezkel. , He conducted a social life and served as a member of the community, and served as a member of the ” “What will happen if my son grows up and asks me: ‘Dad, how old were you then during the war?'” After the withdrawal from Jenin, the line reached the first truce in the ridge north of Jenin, and when the first truce broke out, the Iraqis attacked this line with great force, and our forces had to retreat and set up a new line on the Gilboa Ridge. As commander of two extremist positions in the outpost of Mazar on the Gilboa, point-key for the protection of the eastern valley, stood for three days against shelling and assaults and caused many casualties to the enemy, and smiling at the withdrawal of the attackers hit the ball in the head and fell, on Thursday 12.7.1948 ). He was laid to rest in the cemetery in Kfar Yechezkel.

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