Smutritz, Yitzhak (Smitty)
Son of Sarah and Jacob, was born on the 12th of Av, in the city of Tel Aviv. After graduating from elementary school, he studied regrets at the Max Payne Vocational School. During his studies he was a member of the Hanoar Haoved movement. The walk to training was too comfortable and quiet for him, and he chose to serve in the Palmach and later in the Palmach. During the revolutionary period, he carried out daring missions in the “Resistance Movement,” in which the three underground organizations – the Haganah, the Etzel and the Lehi – took part in the bombing of railroads and bridges. In arguments on fundamental issues he was extreme in standing up for his truth, without bias, and in social life he was extreme in his willingness to come to the aid of others. He was a land sports enthusiast and a musician. At the beginning of the War of Independence, he moved from the Palmach’s “reserve” to full service, and served with convoys to the Negev and Jerusalem, and from there he was sent to a convoy to Kfar Etzion, where he was apprehended by the British. His friends and commanders agreed to stop his combat service and go down to Tel Aviv to heal his eyes The healing continued too long and in the meantime the enemy armies invaded the country and he could not bear the idle meeting in the city while his friends fought. In the newly established brigade 7, and with it the son of-Nun Bet operation was launched The second legion of the legion in Latrun, with the aim of breaking through the road to Jerusalem, was hit by a force that burst into the courtyard of the Latrun police force, which suffered heavy casualties and was forced to retreat, on May 30, 1948. 1948. On the 25th of Cheshvan 5710 (17.11.1949), he was brought to eternal rest, in a grave with his friends who fell with him, at the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem.
