Vehav, Nathan
Son of Bracha and Nissim, was born on August 13, 1927, in Tel Aviv. Finished high school, learned to play violin, and worked in construction. In the evenings he continued to study and study. Nathan lived and worked in Tel Aviv and was a member of the Hagana organization. During the Second World War he enlisted in the British Army. Nathan served in Egypt, Libya, Greece and Italy, and when the Jewish Brigade was established, he joined it. Upon his discharge from the Brigade, he returned to his profession and his role in the Haganah. After the United Nations General Assembly resolution of November 29, 1947 on the partition of the country, he was one of the first to stand up to the campaign despite the vital role he played in the workplace. He said: “I am not born, I want to be like the other fighters” and in the first action he took part in, he was wounded. His wounds had not yet recovered and he had gone back to battle. He was stationed in the Golani Brigade and fought as a Bren machine gunner. On May 31, 1948, in the battle for the village of Lejun, Haifa, the boys who broke into the village. During the retreat, he remained on a tree, from which he spied, and was shot down by a bullet. Since his friends had already moved away and there was no one to help him, he lost his soul. He was buried in Mishmar Ha’emek. On the 6th of Tammuz 5710 (6.7.1950) he was transferred to eternal rest in the military cemetery at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem.
