Marzel (Aloni), Israel

Son of Miriam and Pinchas, was born on September 9, 2828 in Tel Aviv. He first studied at the school for the children of workers and at the “Tel Nordoi” elementary school. Afterward he spent several years abroad, in Egypt, where he attended a French Christian school near Cairo and lived in a boarding school near the school. When World War II broke out he was returned to Israel and when he was only 12 years old – he had left his right age – he went to agricultural training in Na’an. Where he worked in a tractor and was injured in a work accident. For a short time he returned to Tel Aviv and a few months later joined the “Hashomer Hatzair” Hashomer Hatzair and went with her to Tel Amal. For three years he lived and worked within this society and his soul was associated with it in strong relationships. After the outbreak of the War of Independence, he served in a Palmach unit in Kiryat Anavim, and from there he was called with his friends to hasten aid to Gush Etzion. He was among the members of the “Halachah” platoon, Palmach and Hachash fighters who were sent as reinforcements to Gush Etzion after the large attack on the Bloc on January 14, 1948. The fighters left Hartuv on the night of January 15-16, , But due to the late hour of departure and the difficulties of the road, they were unable to reach Gush Katif in the middle of the night, and were discovered by villagers in the area of ​​Beit Natif, Jaba and Zurif, The battle “today) and fought with the masses of Arabs until they all fell in battle on the 15th of Shevat 5708 (16.1.1948). Israel was buried in Kfar Etzion and is 19 and a quarter years old. On the 17th of Cheshvan 5710 (17.11.1949), he was transferred to eternal rest with the rest of the victims of Gush Etzion at the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem.