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Snyatowski, Misha

Snyatowski, Misha

Was born in 1926 in Lodz, Poland, and immigrated to Eretz Israel in May 1947. During the War of Independence, he enlisted and served in the Golani Brigade in Battalion 13. During Operation Horev, the Golani Brigade was tasked with creating a deception in the western wing Of the front, before the main effort in the eastern wing. On the night of December 22-23, 1948, the brigade captured the 86th position north of Khan Yunis, threatening the road and the railway, and gave the impression that the intention was to cut off the Egyptian forces in the Gaza Strip. The Egyptians reacted with a fierce counter-attack with the help of artillery and armor, and under enemy pressure the Golani fighters were forced to retreat. In this battle he fell, on the 23rd of December, 1948, he was buried in the borders. On the 16th of Av 5709 (August 11, 1949) he was put to rest in the Nachlat Yitzhak military cemetery.

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