Malink, David

Son of Frieda and Avraham, the eldest son of Moshav Kfar Hasidim, was born on June 30, 1925. As a child, he served in the defense of his village in the bloody riots of 1936-1939 in liaison and signaling positions. “After all the training stages of the Haganah in the underground, he was devoted to his parents and their farm, where he worked even during his brief vacations from the army. And served in the Carmeli Brigade, participated in the battles near Ramat Yohanan, the conquest of Haifa and Acre, the opening of the road to the Western Galilee, etc. After stopping the invasion in the Jordan Valley, our forces took the initiative and attacked the Gilboa area. On the night of June 2-3, the Carmeli Brigade attacked Jenin and conquered the outposts controlling the city, and the Iraqi army, which moved to Samaria after its failure in the Jordan Valley, concentrated its forces and attacked it. May 3, 1948. He was laid to rest at the military cemetery in Afula.