Mundlak, Moshe

Their son-in-law, Rachel and her friends, was born on August 18, 1930, in Petah Tikva. When he was three, he went with his parents to settle in Moshav Tzofit, near Kfar Sava. After finishing elementary school in Zofit, he studied for two years at the Kfar Saba High School and then two more years at the New High School in Tel Aviv and graduated with honors. In order not to burden the father, he himself paid tuition fees from private tuition. He spent the hours of his journey to town and home to read and study and his brief leisure hours in the evening, and in the morning devoted his parents’ help to the housework and the agriculture. During his father’s illness, he took all the work. His loyalty to his parents was also his loyalty and devotion to the land. He was a member of the Hanoar Haoved youth movement and served in the Gadna youth movement, where he worked as an instructor in the Haganah underground, and in the transfer of secret material and was devoted to every role in both physical and mental work. And all the rest of his spare time he devoted himself to training and received the affection and appreciation of his students. Even rainy nights did not stop him from filling positions. After successfully passing the matriculation exams, he enlisted and served in the navy. He passed a wireless course and began serving as a pilot on the Kedma. He was also trained in military radio. While repairing the ship, he served in the Tel Aviv port. On the night of the 11th of Tammuz 5708 (18.7.1948) he was attached as an electrician to the landing company of the Navy, and on July 17-18 he went on a “Death to the Intruder” operation in an attempt to break through the Negev. For this operation, the landing company reinforced the Givati ​​Brigade and was ordered to attack the village of Beit ‘Afa to the north, together with the Givati ​​company that attacked from the south. The landing company broke into the village and clung to its north, but the attack from the south failed. The Egyptians concentrated their efforts against the landing company, which held onto the village and eventually had to withdraw. This battle fell on the night of the 11th of Tammuz 5708 (18.7.1948). On the 9th of Tishrei 5710 (9.10.1949) he was laid to rest in the military cemetery at Nahalat Yitzhak.