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Ya’ari, Gur

Ya’ari, Gur


(Fifth generation of Menahem Mendel of Kamenitz, author of the book “The Chronicles of the Times,” which immigrated to Eretz Israel in 1833) and the author and bibliographer Avraham Ya’ari, was born on 19.1.1930 in Jerusalem. At the age of two and a half, he began to visit a kindergarten and loved painting very much, and he studied at the “Habil House” in Rehavia and continued his studies at the Hebrew Gymnasium in Rehavia and finished at the age of 17. Gore read books and school He loved Bible studies and history, especially the natural sciences and the actual work and creativity. He used to make tools and instruments and models from waste and scrap materials he collected and tools he tried to install for himself as much as possible (at the age of Bar Mitzvah he worked with him for a few months a primitive radio receiver). He would give the fruit of his hands as a gift. At his own initiative, he went on to study in evening classes in electricity and added his knowledge through a study of technical journals in Hebrew and later in English as well. With all his activities he also had time to take an interest in music. At the age of 14, he began various activities (such as pasting the Haganah underground leaflets) without any fear of the British policemen who were fighting in the streets of Jerusalem. He did not tell his parents anything about his activities in the Hagana, and when he came home and seriously injured his eyes, he did not volunteer a single word of explanation. In his silence he was less of a “secret guard” and more of a dislike of any dust of boasting about his actions, which he also hated by others. From his childhood he maintained his self-control and at the age of 9 he had already traveled alone to the valley and to other places, and he had not suffered from guarding and watching over him. During his many trips to Israel, he avoided using assistance from others. During the summer vacation he would go down to the sea or to his aunt at Beit Hashita, where he worked in the workshop as one of the older ones. He studied new works, continued making toys for the local children and demanded a sense of equality. After he finished his high school studies, he said to go out with a group of scouts for a year of service in the Upper Galilee, and heard from a member of the Neve Yam group near Atlit who visited Jerusalem about a shortage of people for work, protection and protection. The group benefited greatly from his work and his technical skills. He participated in the construction of the fish preservation workshop, the assembling of the machines and the electricity arrangement, and later supervising the machines in operation. The land work between sea men did not satisfy him, and when he learned to swim far away, he urged them to take part in the fishing voyages. When the War of Independence broke out after the United Nations General Assembly decided on 29 November 1947 to divide the country into two states, it placed itself in the defense of the place, took over the concentration of weapons and distributed it to all the inhabitants of the area, and became a regular police officer, And a high floor – 182 cm) and his innocent, almost childish appearance, which did not arouse suspicion. He took part in the activities of the Fighting Forces and the Palmach, and Raba was Simcha to participate in the conquest of the surrounding villages. In the fortification of the place he renewed technical “patents”, and when the materials were not enough, he added trickery to increase the efficiency of his innovations. That winter, an Egyptian fishing boat ran aground in front of the group and he volunteered to swim in the stormy sea and bring Ezra first to its people. The Egyptian sailor, who spent some time in the group, taught Gore, out of gratitude, how to build boats. The family in Neveh Yam wanted to move to more dangerous places, but the group persuaded him to stay, because people were needed for protection everywhere. But at the age of 18, he saw himself as an adult, independent, left the group, enlisted in Tel Aviv and asked to join him in the air force. When the falcon beganThe Arab armies demanded that he be sent to the front, and until the second truce he served in the front posts of the Alexandroni Brigade on the “middle” front and reached the position of commander of a section. There, too, he did not know fear, and his executors excelled bravely, wisely, and bravely. This service was too easy for him, and his commanders sent him to a scouts course. And when he was allowed to tour a squad or squad beyond enemy lines, he began to find satisfaction in this service. All his exploits and experiences he wrote in his war diary in a soldier-Palmach language accompanied by critical comments, humor and slap, and it seemed from his notes that his good spirits stood in the difficult hours. A close explanation to the field of psychoanalysis for his easy attitude toward the dangers. Read only a year after I ‘m finished. Now I have something else for the dear reader: Please do not make scenes of me and screams and howls if something happens to me, because it certainly does not matter to me, and only a pity for the honored audience to be present, and I hope you will not embarrass me and my famous nerves “The first list in the diary is from July 24, 1948 and the last of November 1, 1948. Two days later, on the 3rd of Cheshvan 5709 (November 3, 1948), he headed a class for a tour of the field The enemy, near the village of Bir Burin in the Tulkarm area, in order to bring prisoners. The enemy had rushed to feel them and opened fire, but decided not to retreat. Gur was first hit by a cluster of bullets, and when his comrades approached him, he demanded that they go first to carry out the operation. When they returned a few minutes later they found him and five of his friends dead. The wounded were taken with them and the cavities were left and buried by the Arabs. After the area was transferred to Israel, Gore and his friends who had fallen with him were put to rest in the military cemetery in Netanya. On the 30th of November, while their temporary grave was in the hands of the enemy, their bereaved parents decided to plant “Gan Oz” in memory of a hill that served as a defensive post in the “Magd” near Pardes Hannah, overlooking their place of burial and burial. The garden was planted by the bereaved parents and members of the fallen on the 15th of Shvat 5709. The gate of the garden is built of limestone of the former Arab houses from the villages near Haifa, which were occupied by the defenders whose garden was planted. A modest marble slab at the gate commemorates their memory.

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