Karni, Binyamin (Benny)

Son of Chava and Yehoshua, was born on the day of Tu B’Shvat, 13.2.1930, in Moscow, the capital of the Soviet Union, and when he was 10 months old his parents immigrated to Israel and settled in Ra’anana and later in Moshav Rishpon. In October 1944 he went to Degania Aleph in the young hachshara of Hanoar Haoved, but remained faithful to his home, which he loved and said to return to work after the year of training. And described many of his letters to his parents, who received military training and held a number of positions in the Haganah, and was drafted into the army by the Degania Group A. He served in the ” And Lenny “Hahish in the Jordan Valley and derailed his dreams on his return to his village. Benjamin believed that the end of victory would come. “I dream about the quiet in the country after we expel all our enemies,” he wrote to his parents, who was devoted to them with Lev and soul. “Then I will establish a farm in the village, far from Shannon.” He took part in the operation to capture the police in Zemah and the battles that took place in the area. After that, he was sent to a short intensive course for the “New York Flame” tool, which was first created in Israel, and its use involved many dangers. Benny returned to Degania in the midst of the battles as an expert on this weapon and took part in the difficult battle over the cereal. On the short vacation he spent at home after the battle, he said goodbye to his parents and hoped that he would return “after victory.” He refused to accept his parents’ request that there would be another day, Shavuot, when they claimed that the place was in danger and that every person needed his protection. Benjamin fell in his attempt, at command, to “spit out the flames.” The fuel tank exploded and burned all over his face and body. He was transferred to the hospital in Tiberias and 18 hours later, on the 28th of June 1948, he died. His parents, who rushed to see him again, did not find him alive. He was laid to rest at the military cemetery in Degania Aleph. His memory was posted on the pages of “Sa’ar on Sufa Day”.