The Death of Bracha Fuld

Close to 23:00, a motorcyclist sent on behalf of the operation HQ, arrived at the house where Fuld's squad was positioned, to announce that the arrival time was postponed once again. His appearance troubled the house residents, who complained about it to the police. About 20 minutes later, an armored British car pulled up at the front of the house on Marmorak Street and scanned the yard with searchlight, but found nothing. Just then, the commander of the armored car noticed a suspicious movement on the house porch and decided to take a closer look. Suddenly, Meir Chefetz appeared in front of him, pointing a gun. They simultaneously shot, but missed at each other. It may be that Fuld was hit by the British sergeant's fire. Chefetz decided to flee the area and took off with the paramedic. Fuld said she preferred to die than going to prison in Bethlehem (Bracha Fuld's boyfriend, Gideon Pil'i, who also served in the Palmach, was in prison at that time after having been caught while training in Beit-Haarava. Pil'i died later on during the War of Independence.) Fuld was critically injured in the exchanges of fire that ensued. The injured Ovad Rabinovitch and Achiezer Goldin, as well as Yigal Frucht, were arrested by the British. The squad that settled in the house across the street also fled the area.