Shalti, David

Son of Yaffe and Zion, was born on 28.5.1928 in the Bukharan neighborhood of Jerusalem, where he completed his first five years of elementary school, went to work as a hairdresser, and built a home in Israel. He was a veteran member of the Hagana and volunteered for the British army, and when the War of Independence broke out, he resumed his activities and enlisted in the Haganah. He was among those escorting convoys to Mount Scopus to bring supplies to Hadassah and the university. In the battle on the way to Atarot, he was wounded in the hand and despite his severe wound he left three days later with the large convoy to Kfar Etzion, where he remained until the day the Gush fell. According to the story, he excelled in courage and ability to act even though he could use only one hand. On the day of the fall of Kfar Etzion, he fell on the day of the fall of Kfar Etzion, leaving a wife, Rivka, and two children, while his second child was born during his stay in Kfar Etzion and he did not have time to see him. 5710 (17.11.1949) was transferred, together with the other victims of the Gush, to eternal rest in the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem