Levi, Yitzhak-Nahum (Hamdi)

Son of Esther and Nathan, was born on January 28, 1926 in Jerusalem, the sixth generation of those born in Jerusalem. His childhood was spent in his parents’ home in the Arab village of Beit Safafa – the only Jewish family there. After the 1929 riots he moved to Jerusalem where he attended elementary school in Beit Hakerem and high school, and when he was a child he was a member of the “Mahanot Ha’olim” movement, where he volunteered for training in Hulda, And spent two years working and training at Beit Ha’arava and Ramat Rachel. He was a member of the “Hachushalim” group in Jib-Yosef in the Galilee and was involved in preserving the fields and cultivating neighborly relations with the surrounding Arabs. With the outbreak of the War of Independence, he served in the Palmach Regiment in the Harel Brigade, served in convoy, participated in the battle for the Castel, and in the battles of the Jerusalem area, the last convoy to Gush Etzion and Nebi-Daniel. At a decisive hour in the battle, he gathered courage and leaped toward the enemy positions, and his jump enabled the whole unit to attack, but he himself was wounded in the hands and stomach. He was laid to rest in the Sanhedria cemetery. His memory was included in the book “in memory of members of the group of fallen soldiers who fell in the defense forces.”