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Levkov, Zvi

Levkov, Zvi


Son of Sonia and Elchanan, was born on 20.10.1920 in the settlement of Beit Gan in the Galilee, where he went to Mikvah Israel for agricultural training, where he completed his studies and returned to his moshav. “In 1941, he enlisted in the General Staff of the Haganah, and during the War of Independence he served in the Golani Brigade in the Jordan Valley, where the Syrians invaded the Jordan Valley on May 16. 1948, took control of some of the regional authorities, but were stopped by our forces in Zemach, and on May 18 the Syrians launched an attack on a plant with the help of artillery and tanks. Jenny intensity Syrian attack, initially fell town grew and eventually the police station, and defenders retreated under fire in Syria at Degania. In this battle fell on T. Iyar (18/05/1948). He was laid to rest in the cemetery in Beit Gan. After his fall, he was granted the rank of captain.

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