Binyamin (Benny), son of Orna and Jacob-Shmuel, was born on May 3, 1936 in Haifa. He studied at the Kiryat Amal Elementary School in Tivon and continued high school in Kiryat Amal High School. My son’s childhood was in the shadow of the events of 1936 and the struggle for the independence of the State of Israel. When he was four years old, his parents settled in Kiryat Amal, and he discovered the lushness of the countryside, loved to walk along hidden paths and inquired about the names of flowers and trees. An outstanding student had a special talent in the real professions and in the study of nature and knowledge of the country. From childhood, he was a sociable youth, active in the Hanoar Haoved movement, initiating and organizing trips and trips. He took part in celebrations and parties, too, and shared his young friends with the celebrations. “His love for the land was there,” his friends said. Benny knew every corner of the country, and proudly guided tourists and tourists. He was always devoted to his parents and often helped them with good advice and action. He had great love for his younger brother, Giora, helped him memorize his studies and guided him on various matters. My son was a tall man, very intelligent and serious in every matter that required seriousness. Benyamin was drafted into the IDF in mid-May 1954 and was assigned to the Intelligence Corps after completing his basic training in air reconnaissance, and participated in the Sinai Campaign as the personal patrol of Haim Bar-Lev in the Armored Corps, and was proud of his right to serve alongside “My son loved army life, and when he was called from time to time for reserve service, he did not grumble or resent,” said his wife, Ruth, who said that he always excelled in his role as an airman and knew the importance of his missions. He served as an air patrol in the Judea and Samaria region, several times miraculously escaped from death, and was among the heads Who fought in his own life, and his wife Ruth says that everything Benny did was for himself and for his loved ones. From 1953 to 1958 Benjamin was active in the Young Bureau in Haifa, and after he married Ruth and established his home in Kiryat Tivon, he established a young bureau in Tivon and was its first president. -Spring. Benjamin was known as a responsible and dedicated person for his duties, and was elected as a member of the Senate of the Tel Aviv Bureau. He was an aviation enthusiast and, as a long training course in flying light aircraft, was granted a flight license. He instilled in his children his love for trips in Israel and for flying in her skies. Ruth recalls how he took his little children with him in the air. Shai, Tal, and Diti adored their father. The family traveled extensively throughout the country and especially loved the landscapes of Eilat. “There we discovered the underwater world that fascinated my son and the children,” said Ruth, “and my son was involved in a dive in the Red Sea and commemorated the trips he took with his own hands.” A devoted husband was my son and a loving father to his three children. “They told him their experiences, and for a long time they indulged in his lap,” recalls Ruth in pain. When the Yom Kippur War broke out, Benjamin did not wait for a summons. After hearing the news, he gathered his belongings in his knapsack, parted from his wife and children and set off. Three days later he visited his home for a while. It was the last time he had held his loved ones in his arms. He acted as an airman on the northern front. On the 11th of Tishrei 5740 (11.10.1973) he set out for an operational flight in the Golan Heights, north of Kuneitra, in order to locate enemy batteries, and never returned from the tour. His body was found and brought to rest in the Kiryat Tivon cemetery. Left behind a wife and three children,Parents and brother. After his fall, he was promoted to the rank of First Sergeant and awarded the “Medal of Honor” for his courage. “On October 11, 1973, the airman, Sgt. Samuel Benjamin, flew on an aerial reconnaissance mission to assist the ground forces when our forces broke through the Golan Heights. Tess crossed the front line and was hit by a missile and crashed. Staff Sergeant Samuel Binyamin was killed in this operation. In this letter, the late sergeant Samuel Benjamin discovered courage and devotion to the exemplary task. “In a letter of condolence to the bereaved family, the unit commander wrote:” You know what my son’s way in the unit was, how much he liked us all, The flight and the tour, aside from being a role, were also a hobby, and it was always possible to believe that the task would be performed properly and without any fault. ” The Samuel family commemorated Benjamin in establishing an elaborate sports field at the Nof Yam school in Herzliya; Benjamin’s parents donated a Torah scroll in memory of a synagogue in Nof Yam.
