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Peretz, Yitzhak-Haim

Peretz, Yitzhak-Haim


Son of-Esther was born in Tel Aviv on June 26, 1930. In elementary school he proved his great talent and excelled in his studies, but was forced to stop them in order to help his parents and began working. When he was 17 years old, he was very attached to the family and especially cared for his three younger brothers, and when he was established he joined the army on 23.5.1948. Even though he was exempt from full conscription for his vital work, he served in the Givati ​​Brigade “And was sent to Nitzanim, who became fond of his comrades in battle and showed cold-heartedness and courage, and entered the field of fire several times to save friends who were wounded and remained in the back The Egyptians realized that this point could serve as the basis for the activities of our forces in the rear and that they concentrated considerable force to conquer it.The Egyptian attack was launched on June 7, 1948. The night the agriculture was severely shelled and in the morning The Egyptian army increased its shelling and even activated planes that bombed the agriculture and caused heavy damage, under the cover of which Egyptian infantry and armored forces advanced and managed to penetrate the agriculture and take control of it. In this battle he fell on the 29th of Iyar 5708 (7.6.1948), after being hit in the throat by a series of bullets while he was dying to save a friend’s life. He was brought to eternal rest in the cemetery of the Nitzanim group.

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