Ovadia, Shlomo
Born in 1927 in the city of Aleppo, Syria. In 1942, at age 15, he immigrated to Israel. In the Diaspora he studied in an elementary school and in Israel he was forced to work from the first day of his arrival. He did not have time to acquire a special profession and worked for the most part as a “black laborer”. Part of his salary was transferred to his family. His parents lived in the new housing project in Holon, and he lived with them. Shlomo joined the Irgun underground and was active in it, and joined the Haganah in Holon and later served in the Givati Brigade, accompanied by convoys to Jerusalem and Jaffa. Immediately after his unit, which clung to Hill 69 east of the coastal road to block the Egyptians’ movement, the hill was captured on June 8, 1948. On June 10, 1948, the Egyptians landed heavy shelling on the outpost and then stormed it Armored infantry forces. The enemy fire caused the casualties, the collapse of the positions and the damage to the weapons. Under pressure from the enemy, the force retreated from the outpost, and in retaliation in an open area, additional fighters were injured. In this battle fell. On the 18th of Elul 5710 (31.8.1950) he was laid to rest in the military cemetery at Nahalat Yitzhak.
