Horowitz, Zvi
Son of-Frida and Eliezer, was born on September 9, 1929 in Haifa, to parents of the Third Aliya who moved from Afula to Rosh Pina in their early childhoods, and at the age of nine they settled in Haifa and attended the ” He was a member of the “Hatzofim” youth movement and for a number of years was a “shabat” librarian when he was 15. He continued his studies at the vocational school for construction, Before completing his studies, he went out with his friends, who were looking for training in Kibbutz Gvat and then in Dafna, and was Simcha to fulfill his childhood dream of becoming an agricultural worker. Section of creation: “Here is the fruit of my labor! I did not lose my time for nothing, I did something that speaks to me and my Lev was filled with pride. “At the outbreak of the War of Independence he served in the Palmach, in the Yiftah Brigade. Participated in escorting convoys and tours of the Galilee. In one of his letters to his parents, he wrote: “The trouble is that the wonderful landscape embodies death.” Zvi fell in his second attack on the Nebi Yusha police station, which took place on the night of 19-20 April 1948. The saboteurs broke through the fences, approached the building and began to place the explosives. In the process, grenades were thrown at them, causing casualties. The evacuation of the casualties delayed the explosion, and in the meantime, additional fighters were injured, including the terrorists and the bomb was not activated. At dawn, orders were given to withdraw. The withdrawal was carried out with the combat of considerable enemy forces summoned to the scene and there were many casualties. In this battle he fell on April 20, 1948, when he did not want to leave his commander, his beloved friend, who had been injured in the evacuation order. Zvi was brought to eternal rest in a grave in Nebi Yusha.
