Plucer, Moshe

Son of Hinda and Yehuda was born in the town of Kutno, Poland, on March 12, 1924, to a distinguished family of rabbis and immigrated to Israel in 1935 with his parents, who settled in Tel Aviv. Moshe completed school successfully, was a member of the Gadna and of the Hashomer Hatzair youth movement and joined the training program at Kibbutz Mizra. From there he was taken to the “Black Sabbath” on June 29, 1946 and was imprisoned for a month and a half. After his release, he married and settled in Kiryat Haim. Moshe was modest and simple in his ways, a devoted son and a beloved friend of his companions. Immediately after the outbreak of the War of Independence following the United Nations General Assembly resolution on the partition of the land, Moshe joined the defense of his area of residence and was among the escorts of the convoys to Nahariya. Upon his enlistment to the Carmeli Brigade, he participated in activities in Akko and other places. On march 27, 1948 in the afternoon hours, a caravan of seven vehicles and 90 people left Nahariya to deliver supplies, fortifications, and reinforcements to Yiham. The caravan encountered an Arab ambush, and the first armored vehicle managed to break through and reach Yehiam, but the rest of the vehicles were ambushed. In the evening hours, and under the cover of darkness, some of them managed to escape, but about half of them fell in the battle and Moshe among them. He was laid to rest. He left a wife, Rivka, and his daughter, Amit, was born after his death.