Maimon, Moshe (“Merzan”)

Son of Hwati and Filila. Born in the city of Gypsum in Tunisia in 1943. After graduating from his hometown abroad, his family immigrated to Israel in 1956 and Kibbutz Gvaram studied at the agricultural high school at the age of 16. He left the kibbutz at the age of 16 and worked for a year in Tnuva, . Was an athlete and belonged to Hapoel in Afula where he played for the soccer team. During leisure time he liked to read and his hobby was a photo of animals and scenery. He was drafted into the IDF in February 1961. He volunteered for the paratroopers and was a sergeant in it, and his men were close to him, told him all their problems because he saw himself responsible for the routine life of his company and satisfied his needs. The enemy, who preceded the Six-Day War and prepared the group for the big battle, including the Samouh operation, tried to coax him into assuming the role of master of the robber, but he did not want to, because he was afraid that his special way of working would not be understood. . The company looked to him like a kingdom of his own, and everyone understood it: a battalion is a big deal, there are many who give instructions and who knows if everyone always has the best interest in front of them. He was inclined to enter the position only for a period of experience, but the commander saw him as an asset that should not be lost because no one is more suitable than him, because everyone who knew him found the right combination of the qualities required – integrity, loyalty to his people and commanders, total identification with the job, , Courage and other such and such qualities. He found his death cell on the first day of the battles, on the 5th of Iyar 5727 (5.6.1967), about one kilometer after the Hirbat Daraj junction in the Gaza Strip, when he was wounded in a half-track as a result of an injury A tank shell while he was trying to rescue other wounded people in the half-track, was brought to rest at the military emergency cemetery in Bari and later transferred to the eternal rest of the military cemetery in Afula.