Rubinstein, Eliyahu (Eli)

Son of-Tovah (Greta) and Dr. Moshe, born in Russia, was born on April 11, 1928 in Prague, the capital of Czechoslovakia, where he studied Hebrew from the age of 3, Who completed the Betar youth movement. When he immigrated to Israel with his parents on October 23, 1939, he was immediately admitted to the Balfour Gymnasium in Tel Aviv, and after a few years joined the Haganah. After completing his studies at the Gymnasium, he went to a police service and at the same time collaborated with the Haganah and apparently also with the Irgun underground. When he took off from the earth, he wrote in his notebook: “Peace be upon you, my country, we did part with the separation of a son who goes to the land, but the strong covenant we have hired will bring you back in due time.” After the UN General Assembly resolution of 29 November 1947 The country into two states and the beginning of the War of Independence, can no longer continue his studies calmly. He immediately appeared in Marseilles and served as commander of the Zevulun training camp. On the first morning of Israel’s independence, on May 15, 1948, a chapter in the Tel Aviv port, bombed for the first time, the “living cargo” from a small illegal immigrant ship and without a brief visit to his parents’ home, he immediately returned to France. On 26.6.1948, he returned as commander of the Narkis ship, the head of hundreds of his apprentices from abroad, and after a one-day visit to his parents’ home he went with his men to the Negev. And during the second truce he served as company commander and commander of Beit Eshel in the isolated Negev, fulfilling his duties under the most difficult conditions, conditions of a war front despite the official truce, with a shortage of supplies and even staff Quietly carrying the wounds of the wounds on both legs, because of the shrapnel in them, unable to go out for surgery , And even to receive proper treatment, he labored to reassure his oppressed subordinates, to teach Hebrew to the new immigrants and to fill the positions of sub-commanders who did not exist, and his example influenced his men to endure the unbearable conditions. He took part in the battles from the beginning of their incursion, and as they advanced to the attack on the Egyptians at the head of his unit he fell near Nevatim on the 18th of Tishrei 5709 (August 18, 1949.) The military cemetery in Nahalat Yitzhak.