Ilan, Uri

Son of Shlomo and Feiga, members of Kibbutz Gan Shmuel, where he was born. On the 17th of Adar I, 1935. Finish the educational institution there. Was drafted into the IDF in July 1953. On the 13th of Kislev, he was captured by the Syrians along with four other Israeli soldiers, and about a month later, on the 13th of Tevet 5705 (13.1.1955) In his last moments in his dark cell, Uri made holes in a wooden stick in the book “Vengeance of the Fathers.” Among the other words that came from the letters were Nekev The words: “I did not betray him.” His friends and commanders marked him as a devoted and loyal friend, always knowledgeable and daring, always among volunteers, first to every difficult and dangerous position, and responsible and dedicated to him. Dayan, among other things: “The 19-year-old soldier, Uri Ilan, carried on his young body and with his determined will the security mission of his people until he reached the limit of his ability, and then his will overcame his body. Uri came to the end of his path. On his cold corpse, returning to his homeland, was a note with his last cry: I had not betrayed! The army flag is lowered before you – the Hebrew soldier, Uri Ilan. “In the year 5706, Kibbutz Gan Shmuel, together with the secretariat of the Kibbutz Movement’s Executive Committee, published a booklet containing things in his memory. In Gan Shmuel, a cultural center was named after him.