Melamed, Moshe (“Moshele”)

Son of Nachman and Leah. He was born on 9.4.1949 in Kibbutz Dafna and studied in the elementary school and high school in Dafna, where he grew up on the land of Daphne and absorbed the natural beauty of the place. He was a sports fan and played soccer, and was a member of the “Hanoar Haoved” movement of the kibbutz division, and the excellent qualities that stood out in his school and his work in the agriculture were also reflected in the way he fulfilled his role in the army. He was drafted into the IDF in November 1967 and volunteered to serve in the Paratroopers Brigade. He stood with the hard physical effort of his training and the arduous journeys from the Golan to the canal. Every day of leisure he would come home, put on work clothes and go to work in his favorite branch – the branch of fruit trees. To his friends he was the symbol of a kibbutznik, combining simplicity and innocence with dedication and loyalty. He shared all his close friends in the distribution of the packages that were sent to him frequently from the farm. He himself hardly tasted them. He was associated with an innocent faith in the agriculture and the orchard; Although he did not abstain from the city’s pleasures, he saw it as a place to be entertained and to be entertained. His natural place was in the Upper Galilee, in his own farm. Moshe wanted to be a sapper, but there were those who thought that the role of a regiment better suited him and he was sent to the mortars. But he did not give up his will and after a while he underwent a sabotage course. His composure and resourcefulness were for nothing. In the convoy that was bombed he was the only one to stand up and organize the evacuation of the wounded. The best citation he received was his friends’ assessment of his deed, and on Monday, 14 March 1969, he fell in the line of duty and was put to rest at the cemetery in Dafna. As a soldier and sergeant in the paratroopers, he participated in the pursuit of the Jordan Valley, ambushed the terrorists in the Gaza Strip and took a rope in battles along the Suez Canal. A tour of the Jordan Valley was conducted, and every evening, convoys of supplies were sent to the outposts – caravans that were shelled and flattened by cannons from the opposite bank. He was a Simcha guy who loved life And he always rebuked those who complained about difficulties, but above the joy and ease with which he received the life of the army, there was one thing sacred to him – his family and his home. The leaflet “Alei Dafna”, published in “Thirty” for its fall, was dedicated to him; A year after his death, the kibbutz published a pamphlet called “The Mother and Son” in memory of his mother, who died six months before him.