Zolberg, Israel (“Isralik”)

Son of Avraham and Shoshana. He was born in Jerusalem in June 1946. He completed his studies at Be’eri Elementary School in Be’er Sheva, where the family moved in 1949, after the War of Independence, with the first settlers. He was a member of the “Scouts” movement and his sports lover participated in all the sports marches held in Israel. While he was still in high school, he used to read both on behalf of the school and on behalf of the municipality, because he had a sense of stage and belonged to the drama club. Photography and development were also his hobbies. He was also a member of the Municipal Youth Orchestra. In August 1964, he enlisted in the IDF and volunteered for the Paratroopers Brigade, completed a paratroopers course and graduated with a senior combat paramedics course, and was in charge of the clinic in his battalion, which he fulfilled with great success, to the satisfaction and appreciation of his commanders and subordinates. 5728. After finishing the service, he signed a permanent army service and was caught in the IDF during the Six Day War, on the first day of the battles, on the 6th of Iyar 5727 (5.6.1967), in a battle that took place about a kilometer after the Hirbat Drag junction near Gaza, At the time, he was busy providing medical help to the wounded who remained in the burning tents, with fire all around them, organizing the rescue of the wounded and removing them from them, wounding him with a shrapnel and thus killing him.Then the battalion commander and commander of the paratroop company said: The only one who did not lose his wits, because he lacked the consciousness of death and he would run around among the shells and bullets and save the lives of his friends But while he was carrying one of the wounded under the enemy’s fire, he was hit by shrapnel from a mortar shell, and his comrades dragged him to the ditch, where he lay among the soldiers who were dressed in his hands. After his brother Naftali’s death in 1971, Israel’s grave was transferred from the military cemetery in Be’er Sheva to the Kiryat Shaul military cemetery at the request of his parents and he was buried next to his brother, For courage and dedication. Upgraded after they fell. The management of the Municipal Orchestra in Be’er Sheva commemorated his name by naming him and establishing a fund of annual scholarships that would be granted to those who could not afford to study there. A wandering trophy was named after him for a year for a group of young people who excelled in walking the Negev. Near Be’er Sheva, a grove was planted in his name. In the municipal high school A, where he completed his studies, a corner of books was established in his honor. His memory was included in the magazine of the Be’er Sheva municipality (“Here is Beer Sheva”) in the “Respect for the Fallen – Condolences for Families” section, and an article was published about him in the “Portrait” section of that magazine. A list on which was printed in a later booklet of the monthly. An article about his last day and his heroism was printed in “The Book of Heroism,” which includes the recipients of the Haggadahs, published by the Tel Aviv Journalists’ Union and the World Alliance of Bergen-Belsen Survivors, whose name was mentioned in “The Praise to Them” by Mordechai Naor, ) Of Yedioth Ahronoth and “Face to Face”.