Kreiner, Eliezer (Kushah)
Son of Rivka and Aryeh, was born on March 15, 1928 in Tel Aviv. His home received a traditional education. Eliezer graduated from the boys’ school and the commercial high school. He then studied for two and a half years at the Tel Aviv Law and Economics School and worked for an attorney. He excelled at his talents, deep and thorough, and with great ease, amused himself, analyzed every problem. Even before the matriculation exams, he studied casually. He loved helping his friends with studies and advice. He was always the living spirit in society and ready for any mischievous act. From the age of 14 he was in Gadna, and during the Second World War he volunteered for the British Army and for that purpose forged his age (then 16) but was disqualified. He was a member of the “Notrim” training course in Tel-Haim and was a favorite of his comrades and subordinates, who helped them to the best of his abilities. Following her, he took part in the battles in Abu Kabir, Salameh, Yazur and Manshiyya and excelled bravely when he burst into Yazur without cover, at the head of a break-in squad. He served as a lieutenant colonel in the Givati Brigade. Traveled with his men to escort convoys, patrols, sabotage and mining operations and took part in battles in the area of Gat, Nitzanim, Faluja, and more. “I have no right to exist only for myself,” he used to say. On April 21, 1948, he broke into his home in Beit Daras, in order to ease the enemy’s pressure from Nitzanim, who was severely attacked. At the end of the battle he went looking for one of his men who was missing, and was wounded in the leg. When they took him to the armored vehicle, he was wounded twice more by the British who appeared in the meantime. Eliezer was transferred to Hadassah Hospital in Tel Aviv and tortured for three and a half months with his body in a cast. Nevertheless, he retained his cheerfulness. Was full of hope and plans for the future. On the 5th of Tammuz 5708 (August 5, 1948), his soul departed. He was laid to rest in the military cemetery at Nahalat Yitzhak. Moro v. Goren, who eulogized him, said of him: “Brave, loyal to the job, talented and active … sly and charming, Yaffa body and soul, your image – Hod will not be remembered.”
