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Shmitanka, Shlomo

Shmitanka, Shlomo


Son of Matias was born in 1928. During the War of Independence he served in the Negev Brigade. Participated in the “Yoav” operation to break through the Negev. His battalion attacked the Egyptian alignment in Iraq, but encountered better enemy forces and was forced to withdraw. In this battle he fell on the 13th of Tishrei, 5709 (October 16, 1948). On the 29th of Tishrei 5710 (29.9.1949), he was brought to eternal rest in a mass grave in the Nachlat Yitzhak military cemetery

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