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Noya, Chaim

Noya, Chaim

Son of Gerda and Yosef, was born on August 9, 1925, in the city of Kassel, Germany, and immigrated to Israel in 1934. Chaim graduated from the Moriah School in Tel Aviv, worked as a pastry chef in the Kapolsky bakery and supported his parents. He was an athlete in the Northern Maccabi, was abundant in optimism and helped others. When the War of Independence broke out he was about to marry. In February 1948, with the publication of the first draft, Chaim enlisted in the Givati ​​Brigade. He participated in sabotage operations in Arab villages around Petah Tikva-Tel Aviv, in the Nachshon operations, and in the battles of Negba, Abadis and Ashdod. On the night of June 2-3, 1948, during the “Philistine” operation, Givati ​​forces attacked the Egyptian alignment near the Ashdod Bridge (the “Ad Halom” bridge today). The assault was halted by heavy enemy fire and the forces were forced to retreat. The attack did fail, but forced the Egyptians to halt their advance northwards. In this battle, in which Chaim served as a machine gunner, he was critically wounded. He was transferred to the hospital and died of his wounds on 26 Iyar 5708, June 4, 1948 and was laid to rest in the military cemetery at Nahalat Yitzhak.

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