Jacobovsky, Israel
Son of Hadasa and Aharon, was born on 28.2.1926 in Haifa and grew up in Be’er Tuvia, a settlement that was rebuilt after being destroyed in the 1929 riots, where he graduated from the school and excelled in his studies, rejoicing in every party, Near the end of the 1936-1939 events, served in the local Hahash. From childhood he helped his parents with farm work, became familiar with all branches of agriculture and specialized in mechanics. When his father and older brother enlisted in the British army during the Second World War, he married his mother with the burden of the agriculture, aspired to improve it by using machinery, fulfilled his ambition, and added every opportunity to this industry. Israel loved everything as a kindhearted fellow willing to come to the aid of others, loved the land and worked with joy. With the inhabitants of the moshavot and farms in the south, he helped to bring the Shabtai Lozinski immigrants to Nitzanim Beach, intervened with them when the British army came and was deported with them to Cyprus. In the two weeks he spent there, he worked as a welfare emissary among the exiles, worked in the Joint’s clothing stores, encouraged the exiles’ spirits, and delighted them with his playing, dancing and jokes at parties held in the evenings. At the beginning of the War of Independence, he served in the Palmach of Be’er Tuvia and was joined to the Givati Brigade and participated in the occupation of Beit Daras, Mghar, and others, in the operations against gangs and later in the struggle against the Egyptian invader. Who was attacked by a heavy fire and who loved children and who liked them quickly knew how to calm the toddlers in the dark so that their voices would not be heard by the nearest enemy. , Replied: “I am not an artist, and because of a minor thing I will not be late.” He returned to the defense of Negba, where he also managed to start Two days later, when the machine gun was aimed at an Egyptian bomber, he was killed in the fall of a bomb near him on the 12th of Iyar 5708 (May 21, 1948.) He was brought to eternal rest in the Be’er Tuvia cemetery, In memory of the fallen of Be’er Tuvia.
