Sharashov, Eliyahu

Son of Rivka and David, was born on the 6 th of Shevat, 5728 (6.2.1928) in Hadera, where he spent most of his life. He studied at the elementary school in the village, in the agricultural school in Pardes Hannah, and finally in the high school in the village. As he sat on the bench, his Lev continued to kiss, and his life’s dream was to be a weapon and to improve the people’s means of defense. At the school, he showed a tendency to exact sciences, dismantled and reassembled various instruments and was assisted by many in this field. After passing the Gadna training he was attached to the infantry units in the moshava and participated in their activities. In the days of the rampage, British soldiers from the camps around Pardes Hanna were hit by a bullet in the leg in defending others. Although he did not fully recover from his wounds, he soon returned to school and tried to overcome the difficulties he encountered in his studies. In the days of the UN General Assembly debate on the fate of Palestine, the students were asked to write a book on the future state of Israel, and when the War of Independence broke out, they would see from time to time a “tool” When the first battles began, he took part in the defense of the colony, and when the enemy invaded the country, he could no longer sit on the bench and enlisted in the army and served in the Givati ​​Brigade. Expressed in one of the letters to an anonymous soldier who had attached the soldier to the soldier: “Your character stands before us and in you “A few days after he was drafted, he was sent to the Nitzanim Defense Department, and his friends said that he would feel his position under fire and repair the weapons, Could be used as a base for the operation of our forces in the rear, and therefore concentrated considerable force to conquer it.The Egyptian attack was launched on June 7, 1948. The Egyptian army was severely shelled in the morning and the infantry assault began, but it was stopped by the defenders. Heavy. Under this cover, Egyptian infantry and armored forces advanced and managed to penetrate the agriculture and take control of it. In this battle he fell on the day of 29 Iyar 5708 (7.6.1948)), when a shell hit his position. He was laid to rest at the cemetery in Nitzanim.