Seltzer, David
Son of Leah and Ben-Zion, was born on July 13, 1929 in Tel Aviv, studied at the “HaTzafon” elementary school and completed a number of classes at the “Shevach” vocational school. He was trained in Na’aman, enlisted in the Palmach during his stay in Ein Harod, and made daring trips to the Negev, Sodom and the Dead Sea shore. When the training group was transferred to the Naval Guard, he set out to assist in the rescue of the Ma’apilim, guarding the road and transferring the immigrants to safety. “We are a number of people whose arms are still hidden, but we will know how to stand up for our right to live like the rest of the nations.” In these words, David expressed the readiness of the sacrifice he always felt in his letter to his parents a week after the United Nations General Assembly resolution on the partition of the land, The second in the entire story of his life since he became a man, he helped the immigrants, retaliated after the murder of the Jewish workers at the Haifa refineries, in the defense of Mishmar HaEmek, in the battle for Ramat Yochanan, in most of the operations of the Yiftah Brigade in the Galilee and as a motorcycle rider in the operation to liberate Safed. On 6 Iyar, 6 May 1948, the first day of Israel’s independence, on the night of a clear moon, his company set out to block the possibility of an invasion of Lebanon on this axis. David carried the Browning machine gun and then the squad. Burglars stormed the village and occupied the first houses. The enemy opened fire with rifles and machine guns. David was hurt in the neck and his blood was dripping heavily. He was taken down from Malchia to Ayelet Hashahar and after six hours he died. He was buried in Ayelet Hashahar. His friends in Hachshara remembered him and the memory of his friend who fell in the battles of Mishmar Ha’emek in a booklet they published in their memory. His name was also engraved in the monument of Malkia, in the battle place, and in the Palmach position in Tzuba, where his comrades settled for training and the idea of fulfillment.
