10/01/1964
Yatir junction
Terror Attack Place:
Near Arad
Commemoration Site:
Yatir
Area:
Negev and Southern Israel
Type:
Monument
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On January 10th, 1964, Raya Golan, 20 years old, a Soldier in the Golani division, went to visit a friend in Arad. She hitchhiked there and was murdered on her way by a Bedouin who was sentenced to life in prison. Her body was discovered after six days in a water hole, a rope was tied around her neck.
The Ein Hamifratz Kibbutz where she lived build a memorial to raya near the Kibbutz swimming pool and in Yatir junction in the Negev near where she was found dead.
The Photo was taken by Dr. Avishai Tiecher (site Wiki Piki)
