Poznanski, Chaim (Posa)

Son of Yehudit and Abraham, was born on May 18, 1927 in Tel Aviv and completed the “Ahad Ha’am” boys’ school. When he was 11, he joined the Mahanot Ha’olim movement. When he was 15 years old, he went to a hachshara in Maoz Haim and for two years he was a shepherd. In this work he met the Bedouin, learned their language and customs, and they called him by name: Even Yunis. For 4.5 years, he served in the Palmach and moved with his comrades to enlisted in Beit Ha’Arava, where he was a commander of a company in the Harel Brigade and an excellent tour guide, and he knew how to encourage his subordinates. He wrote to his parents.) Although his brother fell in Keshet five weeks before he fell himself, he did not say, “I will not let you sit in my arms, He agreed to leave his combat unit and continued to operate there, fighting the eunuch and Beit Surik, and in the Jerusalem area, a “Yevusi” operation was carried out in the Jerusalem area in order to create a territorial contiguity within the city and The Harel Brigade was moved to Jerusalem and on April 22-23 its forces attacked Shu’afat, Beit Iksa and Nebi Samuel, and the force moved to Nebi Samuel for a long time and the assault began at dawn. On April 14, 1948, when he was wounded, his last request was made by his friends, who came to his aid: “Leave me alone, do not endanger yourself.” He was brought to rest at home The military cemetery in Kiryat Anavim. After his fall, he was promoted to captain. He was survived by his parents, brother Shmuel and sister Rachel. His memory was included in the booklet “Fell in the War of Independence”, 1948.