Rosenman, Bezalel (“Eli”)
Son of Zeev and Hannah. He was born on 18.1.1950 in Ramat Gan. He studied at the Weizmann School in Jaffa and at the Rishonim High School in Bat Yam. He completed his high school studies at the Nahalat Yehuda agricultural high school. He was a very sociable boy with a delicate and unique sense of humor. He was always among the organizers of the parties and the plays in the boarding school in high school and later in the army. In high school and later in his army service, Bezalel distinguished himself from his friends, mainly because of the authority and confidence he imparted to him and his generosity. Bezalel was always able to cheer, cheer and raise morale with his humor and natural cheerfulness. He was also an athlete and played soccer in the Armored Corps. Bezalel was drafted into the IDF at the beginning of May 1969 and assigned to the Armored Corps, and one of his comrades in basic training said that he was the driving force among the soldiers, and he arranged to organize an evening of entertainment in order to raise their morale – especially during the second stage of basic training. After training, Bezalel returned to the southern sector of the canal line, and during the War of Attrition, the company suffered losses of life and wounded. On the station’s battery to clean the communication channel while his friend filled sandbags with fortifications According to the story of the friend, Bezalel apparently forgot that he was standing in front of an enemy, for they were not yet accustomed to life in the Suez Canal area, and he worked on the embankment with his head exposed. A volley of machine-gun fire was fired at him and Bezalel instinctively performed a perfect reincarnation, and the comrade recalled that as long as he was a soldier and commander in the Israel Defense Forces, he did not see a genuine, perfect and dynamic reincarnation of this incarnation. Bezalel was indeed the first to learn what an enemy was close to. The comrade goes on to say: “One day when he was standing in front of the channel, a serious bombardment began, and one of the shells that exploded near Bezalel’s observation post hit the place, but luckily Bezalel was not scratched, one of them hit the helmet on his head and another hit his glasses in his pocket and smashed it. (The shattered glasses he kept as a souvenir.) As soon as they got to the line, the friend said, they were sent to a course for commanders and Bezalel, as always, was the central figure in raising morale in the course. As a commander, Bezalel was gifted with excellent leadership skills, on the one hand he knew how to laugh and joke with the commanders, and on the other hand he treated them with a strong hand, in order to educate them and teach them exemplary military life. Four rookie cadets, turning them from civilians into real soldiers, and every soldier under his command can testify to this – and they fight. ” In addition to his position as commander, the comrade adds, he would carry out the routine work as a brigadier, inspecting the roads every day. During the service on the Suez Canal, an Egyptian Sukhoi 7 plane entered our territory and was about to attack the outpost where Bezalel and his friends were. They opened fire from the ground towards the plane. The plane was hit and crashed not far from them. Bezalel did not finish his compulsory service. On the 20th of Sivan 5731 (13.6.1971), he fell while carrying out a mine, and was brought to rest in the military cemetery in Kiryat Shaul.
