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Mizrachi, Shlomo

Mizrachi, Shlomo


Son of Aziza and Shaul, born in 1927 in Jerusalem, to a poor family. Upon the announcement of the enlistment, he was among the first to serve in the “Noam” troop of the “Moriah” battalion. He willingly fulfilled every task he was given. He participated in the battles for the Castel, including a battle in which the leader of the gangs Abdul Qader al-Husseini was killed. He did not tell anyone about his part in the battle, but his friends praised his courage. On the morning of April 13, 1948, a convoy left for Mount Scopus, after the British promised that the road was open and safe. The convoy encountered an Arab ambush in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood and hundreds of Arabs hurled heavy gunfire at it. Some of the vehicles managed to get out and return, but two buses, an ambulance and an escort vehicle were ambushed. For many hours the convoy members fought and tried to prevent the Arabs from approaching the vehicles. Fire from our positions in the city and Mount Scopus, as well as armored vehicles sent to the area, failed to help the convoy. British military forces in the area did not intervene and did nothing to help, despite appeals to them. In the afternoon, the Arabs managed to set fire to two buses, and only after evening did the British intervene and rescue the survivors from the trapped vehicles. He was buried in Sanhedria in Jerusalem. On the 9th of Cheshvan 5711 (8.11.1951) he was transferred to the eternal military cemetery at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem.

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