Reshelov, Benjamin (Vanya)

Son of Sarah and Eliyahu, was born on January 23, 1924 in Haifa and grew up in Nesher-Yagur. After graduating from elementary school he worked as a mechanic. From his childhood, he was the living spirit of the local youth movement, in Hanoar Haoved and Gadna, and as a result of his physical strength he used the help of others to fulfill his work duties and social and public activities. He volunteered for the British Navy and served there for three and a half years as a mechanic with the rank of sub-officer, and he was also liked there for his virtues and virtues and was praised for his good service. In Israel after the UN General Assembly resolution of 29 November 1947 on dividing the country into two Countries reported for the homeland and was ordered to serve in the defense of his home neighborhood was under attack by Arab villages transparency, but is not satisfied with the fulfillment of duty seemed to him “easy”. He chased the recruiting officers and urged them to send him to a combat battalion, until he was very Simcha to get what he wanted. He was posted to the “Carmeli” Brigade and sent to Ramat Yohanan. His joy continued even in the harsh conditions of his new service, and his friends who were centered around him were infected with his gaiety and enjoyed his good friends attitude and the abundant encouragement from him. When the Arabs and the Druzes attacked Ramat Yohanan, Binyamin stood against them in the front row, and in battles he was the first to help a friend who had been humiliated or injured. He volunteered to take a tour with a few friends across the front line where he fell, on April 16, 1948. He was laid to rest in the cemetery in the village of Ata.