Kasirer, Israel

Born in 1930 in the town of Roskowa, Maramoresh, Romania, Israel, the youngest of the eight children of the family, began his studies at a young age in the “cheder” and continued his studies in a Christian school in his city. The entire family was deported to the Auschwitz and Selektion camps, and only Israel and his father were sent to a labor camp, and by virtue of his handsome appearance, Israel was taken by a Nazi officer to serve as a ” Which he divided with his father, and unfortunately his father was shot dead a few days before the liberation, because he drank water without permission He went to Germany, found a way to join an illegal immigrant ship that made its way to Eretz Israel, and hoped that he was coming to his destination, but that the ship was caught by the British and its immigrants were sent to camps In late 1947, Israel arrived in Palestine, and immediately upon his arrival he was drafted into the Palmach to the Yiftah Brigade. With some of his comrades in the unit he was sent to Kibbutz Gezer, which was located near the Ramle-Latrun road. Legion forces in the area saw it as a threat and sought to conquer it for the approaching truce. On Tuesday, June 10, 1948, an enemy force, consisting of a Legion Company, organized irregular and armored forces, attacked the kibbutz, and the enemy’s heavy fire destroyed the defensive positions and paralyzed any possibility of organized resistance. Among the wounded was Israel, who was transferred to the clinic’s bunker, but during the battle the clinic bunker was damaged and Israel was among the twenty-eight casualties that fell on the carrot defense, Counter-attack and released the occupied carrots. He was laid to rest in the cemetery at Kibbutz Gezer. His sisters arrived in Israel a few days after he fell in battle and one of his friends told them the bitter news. In the cemetery of Kibbutz Gezer, next to the heroes’ plot, Gilad was established to commemorate the fallen in the War of Independence, in which the memory of Israel is commemorated.