The sign shape is square but its head is designed according to the silhouette of the old building of the Gymnasia Herzliya, which serves as a logo of the Council for the Preservation of Heritage Sites in Israel
The commemorative stone mentioned on the sign was taken that day, with the following inscription:
Square Seven
The Seven of Notary Holon
Ivanitsky David, Watermelon Menachem, Zeira Zvi, World Yaakov, Rosenblum Kalman, Cordova Yitzhak, Shamir Eliyahu
Fell in battle on the way to Jerusalem
22.1.1948
Click for a larger image The square photo was taken that day
Click for a larger image Translation of the text on the sign:
Symbol of the Council for the Preservation of Israeli Heritage Sites
Holon city emblem
The emblem of the Ministry of Culture and Sport
The emblem of the Government Tourism Company
"Tourism Revolution Logo"
HaShiva Square
As part of the modern and advanced design of the Agrobank neighborhood, the northern square in the neighborhood was built in 1935. The planners were the engineers Jacob Shipman (Ben Sira) and Joseph Rings.
After the War of Independence, the square was named "Shiva Square" to mark the memory of the seven Hagana Notaries who were murdered in the foothills of the Arab village of Yesha on January 22, 1948.
The murder took place when the notaries set out to secure the transfer of a truck convoy to Tel Nof airport with the aim of bringing the Auster aircraft purchased by the Jewish Agency from the British. The Notres vehicle, an open van, came upon a mine and they were shot from the ambush.
The memorial stone was brought from a quarry in the Modiin area, a sycamore tree planted in memory in the 1950s by the citys gardeners.