Two Official Announcements to Families of Soldiers who died in Battle during the War of Independence / List of ...

Two Official Announcements to Families of Soldiers who died in Battle during the War of Independence / List of names of the Fallen in "Operation Chisul" – December 1948
List of the fallen of the 33rd Battalion of the Alexandroni Brigade and two official announcements that were sent to families of soldiers who had died in battle during the War of Independence. December 1948.
1-2. Two official handwritten announcements that were sent to the families of Chaim Weisszand and Uriel Goldfarb, of the 33rd Battalion of the Alexandroni Brigade, who had died in battle on 20.12.1928. Were sent on 24.12.48. Signed by the welfare sergeant.
3. "The losses of the 33rd Battalion in the battle over Iraq Menashiya on 28.12.48" (Hebrew) – a list of names of the soldiers of the 33rd Battalion of the Alexandroni Brigade who died in the battle over Iraq al-Menashiya ("Operation Chisul"). Three typewritten leaves, with handwritten corrections and additions. The list before us contains the names of approx. 70 soldiers and the names of family members who should be informed of their death. The list was presumably made close to the battle and after it was printed, it was discovered that some of the listed soldiers survived the battle (these names are erased by pen).
"Operation Chisul" was carried out by the Alexandroni Brigade on December 28, 1948. The goal was to wipe out the Al-Faluja Pocket, where there were thousands of besieged soldiers of the Egyptian army. The operation was one of the greatest, blood-soaked failures in the history of the IDF – the attack was held back and 90 Israeli soldiers were killed.