Natan Zahavi, the last surviving defender of Tel Hai, died yesterday in Haifa at the age of 93. He fought alongside Tel Hai commander Yosef Trumpeldor in the Arab attack on the upper Galilee outpost in March 1920. During the battle, Zahavi was wounded in the chest by a bullet.
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