Tevilah, Avraham (Caddy)

Son of Miriam and Rafael, was born on September 29, 1929 in Damascus, Syria. When he was four, his parents immigrated to Israel. After completing elementary school he went to work to help with the burden of supporting his little brothers. When he was 15, he went to work at the electric company in Tel Aviv and continued his studies In the evenings and decided to become an engineer. Avraham was a member of the Hagana, first in the Gadna and later in the Hagash and among the first recruits when the War of Independence broke out. He was sent to Jerusalem and took part in many activities, including the defense of Mekor Chaim and Talpiot. He wrote educational letters to young people in the Gadna, who envied soldiers like him, and wrote a detailed and interesting combat diary (Jerusalem, February-April 1948.) After his first leave, Avraham returned to the Givati ​​Brigade where he served before leaving for Jerusalem. When Avraham saw that he was sick and needed to visit a doctor first, he said: “I am not a hero, but I can not sit here in the city when my comrades are on the battlefield …” On the night of July 17-18, Operation “Death to the Intruder” to break through the Negev, his company attacked the village of Beit ‘Afa, but in view of the enemy’s superiority, the company was forced to withdraw and Avraham fell in battle on the 11th of Tammuz 5708 (18.7.1948). He was laid to rest In the military cemetery in Beer Tuvia.