The battle took place on September 10, 1956. In many places, the incident is referred to as the "Al-Dawayima Incident" as opposed to the "Battle of Al-Dawayima" (or the Al-Dawayima Affair, the Al-Dawayima Massacre), an event during the War of Independence in which dozens of Arab civilians were killed during the occupation of the village.
The sign is one of a series of signs located in the shed located at the Lachish command training base.
The shed was photographed on the same day by the same photographer
Click for a larger image The battle was followed by the retaliatory action in which the soldiers appearing on the sign described on a nearby sign fell
Click for sign's details The location is approximate since no geographic information was attached to the image
Translation of the text on the sign:
[Israel Defense Forces Symbol]
[Symbol of the Midrasha of the South]
The results of the battle and Operation Jonathan Following the attack, the IDF decided to launch a retaliatory operation that night. Initially, it was decided to attack the village of Idna in the southwest of Mount Hebron, the village of Idna which was an active partner in the attack this morning. The operation was given the name "Operation Jonathan" and the paratroopers from Battalion 890 (the continuation of Unit 101) and their commander - Arik Sharon, went to it. And in addition, the 88th Nahal Paratroopers Battalion came into action. However, when the paratroopers arrived at the assembly areas near Amatzia, the target of the operation was changed to the Jordanian police building in Rahva, which was located near the Beer Sheva-Hebron road. The police building was one of the bases to which the Fedayeen men fled after their operations, and the goal was to occupy and purify the building and finally blow it up.
The publication of the operation resulted from the incident of saving the life of Meir Har-Zion, then the commander of the paratrooper patrol, by the regimental doctor, Lieutenant Moshe Agmon (Morris Anklewitz) who performed an operation on him under fire, by the light of a pocket flashlight, thus saving his life. For this act, Agmon received the Commendation of the Chief of Staff, which was converted in 1973 to the decoration of courage, in accordance with the decoration law adopted by the IDF that year.
Description of the act: On September 11, 1956, during the occupation of an enemy target, he performed an operation on a mortally wounded person under enemy fire, showing courage. For this act, he was awarded the decoration of courage in the month of Nissan 5733 April 1973, David Elazar, Major General, Chief of the General Staff. Half an hour after the start of the fighting, all of its goals were achieved! The police building was blown up, the reinforcements of the Jordanian Legion were halted and they suffered heavy and severe losses.
Those who fall during the Battle of the Seven:
Gabriel Bakshet - born in Estonia, his parents immigrated to Israel at the age of two and the family settled in Tel-Mond. Belonged to the "Working Youth" movement. During the War of Independence, he acted as a communication person in the defense of the place. When he finished his studies he enlisted in the IDF and served as an instructor, when he finished an officers course he served as a lieutenant in a combat unit. At that time he married his childhood friend.
In 1956, he went to the battle of Dawayima and was wounded, and eleven days later, on September 21, 1956, he died of his wounds. He was laid to rest in the military cemetery in Netanya. He left behind a wife and a daughter.
Ilan Druszkowski - born in Krakow, Poland. With the Nazi occupation, Ilan and his parents found a hiding place in the homes of friends and he spent some time in a monastery, and in a school for Catholic boys. At the end of the war he completed all his studies. In 1949, he immigrated to Israel with the group "BaMivchan". With the group, he joined Kibbutz Revadim, and in 1951 enlisted in the IDF. While in training, he stood out for his endurance and loyalty to his duties and his self-sacrifice. On the fifth day of Tishrei (September 10, 1956), he fell in the battle of Dawayima , and was laid to rest in the Revadim farm.
Shmuel Yehuda Saks - born in Jerusalem, seventh generation in Israel, at the age of 14 he joined the religious kibbutz in Sde Eliyahu, and at the age of 16 he joined the Haganah. When the War of Liberation broke out, he returned to Jerusalem and participated in many important battles - (Katmon, Sheikh Garah, etc.) After the war, Shmuel continued to serve in the IDF as a communications sergeant. On the fifth day of Tishrei 1956, he fell in the battle of Dawayima and was laid to rest on the Mount of Reposes in Givat Shaul, Jerusalem.
Binyamin Ha’Meiri - was born in Jerusalem the year his parents arrived in the country from the Czech Republic. In July 1953, he enlisted in the IDF and served as a scout in a combat unit. Benjamin devoted himself to his duty with all his might. Benjamin was also engaged in writing poems, stories and articles. He was engaged and planned to marry the one of his heart at the end of the reserves. He fell in the battle of Dawayimaon the fifth day of Tishrei 1956. He was laid to rest on Mount Herzl.
Yehoshua Tzruya - born in Fes, Morocco, immigrated to Israel at the age of 16 as part of the youth immigration, underwent agricultural training and lived in Ein Gav. After a while he moved to live in Jerusalem. In 1952, he enlisted in the IDF and served as a liaison officer in the infantry. He continued in the army even after the end of the regular season and was added to the military training course at Beit Govrin. In a battle held near Dawayima Yehoshua was brutally murdered and his body was dragged to Jordan for the purpose of deception. His body was found by representatives of the nation in Jordan and returned to Israel a day later. 22 years old when he died, buried in Mount Herzl.
Friedland Yaakov - was born in the city of Gombin in Poland, at the age of nine he joined the "Hashomer Hatzair" movement, at the age of 12 he immigrated with his parents to Argentina. And there he learned the goldsmith’s trade, arrived in Israel in 1947 at the beginning of the War of Liberation and immediately went to fight in the occupation of the Negev, where he was a machine gunner. He fell in the battle of Dawayima on the 5th of Tishrei (10.9.1956) and was brought to burial in Mashek Gaash.
Moshe Nachum Lerman - was born in Tel Aviv and was an active trainee in the Bnei Akiva movement, grew up in a religious home and used to set times for Torah study, during his university studies he studied at the Faculty of Law, enlisted in August 1954 and while he was in training in the class commanders course of the academic reserve, he fell in the battle of Dawayima , on 5th of Tishrei He was buried in Givat Shaul Cemetery.
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