Levinstein, Haim-Levi (Haimka)

Born and raised in the Borochov neighborhood of Giv’atayim, he was one of the best athletes in his youth, and after graduating from elementary school he was hired to work in the workshops in Lod. At the age of 15, he was a member of the Hapoel Ha-Po’el youth movement and was one of the best soccer players in the Hapoel Ramat Gan team. In the security service, on the day he continued to work, and at night he served in the company enlisted in Givat Rambam. When the Mandate authorities stopped working on trains, he devoted himself entirely to the security service and served in the Alexandroni Brigade. He was promoted to the position of lieutenant colonel and was involved in guarding, defending and attacking the enemy in the vicinity, and he was wounded by shrapnel from a grenade, while he was in the hospital complaining of his pain, but about forced idleness. “On December 23, 1948, he took part in the command of his class in the conquest of Tantura, There, in an assault on the enemy’s position, he struck a bullet in the head shortly before the conquest of the place was completed and was laid to rest in the military cemetery in Netanya.