Kasher, Isaac-Moshe

Son of-Sarah-Rivka and Zalman-Michael was born on 28.4.1920 in the city of Siedlowiec, Poland and immigrated to Israel in 1927. He studied at the Tachkemoni School in Ramat Gan and completed the school in the Borochov neighborhood, , But due to the family’s difficult financial situation, he was forced to work in the “Burg” factory in Nahalat Yitzhak and was a member of the “Hanoar Haoved” organization, and at the age of 15 he joined the Haganah and devoted all his spare time to it. He was transferred to Yokne’am and participated in defending the point. In 1938 he was sent to Wingate’s “Night Vents.” In 1942, he completed a course for division commanders in Ju’ara, near Ein Hashofet, and returned from there as a knowledgeable person in the training profession. With the dismantling of the “Night Squads” he returned to his home and work, but was soon called again to enlist in the Jewish settlements in Gush Dan and served as a commander for the Haganah. Afterward, he worked as a truck driver until he was transferred to Emek Hefer for full service in the Hagana. In his capacity as a guide, he operated among all the Haganah brigades and provided the garrison to the majority. Yitzhak was not satisfied with the knowledge he had acquired in the courses and was working on expanding them through self-study. In 1948, he was drafted into the Alexandroni Brigade, a non-combat unit, but demanded that he be transferred to the front and asked for it. He increased the combat capacity of his unit and, in the process, nurtured a spirit of comradeship and devotion. During Operation Horev, a “liquidation operation” was carried out against the “Faluja pocket,” in which an Egyptian brigade was besieged. The attack took place on the eastern flank of the “pocket” in the area of ​​Iraq al-Manshiyya. The Alexandroni forces broke into the village from the south and took over part of it, but their assault on the hill north of the village was repulsed. Meanwhile, the Egyptians recovered, attacked and forced our forces to withdraw. Part of the force was trapped inside the village. In this battle, on December 28, 1948, a bullet hit his head as he stood at the front command post, landing on the map of the area of ​​operation and preparing for a daring attack. He was laid to rest in the military cemetery at Nahalat Yitzhak.