President Ben Zvi today dedicated a memorial at Kiryat Anavim to 416 members of the Palmach who died in the War of Liberation Also present at the ceremony were relatives of the fallen heroes and Col. Zvi Ayalon, representing Army Chief of Staff Gen. Moshe Dayan.
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