Israeli, Abraham

Son of Rachel and Reuven. He was born on August 17, 1920, in Batum, in the Caucasus, Russia, from where he immigrated to Israel with his parents when he was three years old. Avraham was educated at the Tachkemoni elementary school and later moved to Tel Aviv where he studied for one year in high school and since he was in a period of economic crisis he went to work in construction and joined the Haganah in 1938. They secured the area of ​​the Tel Mond bloc, and for a time he also served in the “moving guard” of the Sharon moshavot and remained a guard in Atlit, Tel Mond, Ra’anana and other places. Again, he was appointed by the Haganah as commander of the Gadna youth group in Kfar Saba. At the end of 1940, the moving guard squad was moved to Kfar Sava, where he set up his residence and later transferred his elderly parents and a younger brother and sister. In 1941 he was promoted to the rank of corporal, and quickly acquired the sympathy of his subordinates and commanders for his devotion to his duties, his modesty, and the qualities of the guide and educator he was blessed with. He also stood out as having excellent physical fitness, which had benefited him greatly in his many tours around the country. At the beginning of June 1943, a small truck left Kfar Sava carrying five members of Haganah members from the Sharon to Nablus and its environs in order to know the ways and places of concentration of the Arab gangs. They did not carry weapons, and all they had was a map, a guide, a compass, and food. After the tour, they arrived at Mount Gerizim, in one of the caves in the area, and on the following day, on 4 Sivan, 7 June 1943, they climbed up to Mount Eival and sat down to rest near one of the springs and were taken by an Arab gang armed with pistols and shackles. Three of his friends managed to escape under the cover of darkness and a fourth was also wounded. The Hagana Publishers published a special pamphlet in his memory about his character, his life and his actions.