Nuriel, Avraham
Son of Haviva and Meir. Born in Baghdad in 1913. In 1924, the family immigrated to Eretz Israel and settled in Jerusalem, where Avraham finished elementary school, continued his studies in evening classes, and during the day he worked as an electrician. He was among the first and active members of the Hapoel sports union in Jerusalem and a member of the Haganah. He traveled extensively and was familiar with the surroundings of Jerusalem and the Judean Desert and often served as a guide in the area. Thanks to all this, he was like by his friends and apprentices. After the outbreak of the 1936 riots, he joined the Jewish Settlements Police and was sergeant in the Notre Dame Battalion, responsible for the dangerous environment of Arab Qalqiliya, then moved to the northern border. During World War II, when it was decided to recruit twenty-three young men for a dangerous operation in the enemy territory, Avraham was among the elected officials, and the task was to blow up the oil refineries in Tripoli, Lebanon, in order to make it difficult for the Germans to equip their planes in the Near East. On 21 Iyar, May 18, 1941, she sailed from Haifa on the “Lion of the Sea” ship. The ship disappeared and their fate is unknown. Avraham left two parents and two brothers. The family commemorated him by setting up a library in his name in one of the foster schools in Jerusalem. His name was also immortalized in the book “Secret Charity”. The Naval Officers School in Acre is named after the 23 Yordei Hasira.
