Laser, Naftali

Son of Kreintza and Yosef Mordechai, Naftali was born in March 1909 in Poland. He immigrated to Israel on the illegal immigrant ship Naomi Julia in December 1939. Naftali was a religiously observant man and worked as a laborer in the “Lieber” chocolate factory. With the outbreak of the War of Independence, he fulfilled his obligation to guard duty and was drafted into the enlistment office although he had two children. He was assigned to the Kiryati Brigade. During the “Danny” operation, our forces also took control of the Modi’in area, and when the second truce came into force. The defenders of the outpost were surprised and were forced to retreat in light of the enemy’s superiority, and many were injured in the harsh retreat. The next day our forces attacked and took over the outpost, Naftali fell on the 20th of Elul, September 24, 1948. He was laid to rest in the military cemetery at Nahalat Yitzhak.