Eliyahu Hakim

Eliyahu Hakim

Eliyahu Hakim ( _he. אליהו חכים; 1925-22 March 1945) was a member of the Lehi executed in Egypt for the assassination of Lord Moyne, the British Minister Resident in the Middle East.

Born in Beirut, Hakim moved to Mandatory Palestine with his family when he was seven. He grew up in the port city of Haifa. As a teenager, he joined the Lehi (also known as the Stern Gang), but volunteered for the British Army during World War II. Posted to Cairo, Hakim deserted in order to continue his anti-British activities on behalf of the Lehi. He gained a reputation as a daring fighter who participated in many brazen attacks, including the failed assassination attempt against Harold MacMichael, the British High Commissioner for Palestine in 1944.

On November 6, 1944, Hakim and Eliyahu Bet-Zuri assassinated Lord Moyne in Cairo. They were caught immediately and put on trial before a military court. They were both hanged in Cairo on 22 March 1945, singing Hatikvah, the Zionist anthem, on the gallows.

Their remains were brought to Israel in 1975 and reburied on Mount Herzl with full military honors.

External links

* [http://www.lehi.org.il/t_eliyahus.htm Malkah Ben Tov, "From Accused to Accusers: The Trial of Eliyahu Hakim and Eliyahu Bet-Zuri" on the Lehi website (Hebrew)]
* [http://www.daat.ac.il/daat/kitveyet/mahanaim/alilot/nedava.htm Dr. Yosef Nedava, "Hakim and Bet-Zuri," on the Daat website (Hebrew)]
* [http://www.etzel.org.il/english/people/hakim.htm Eliyahu Hakim biography on the Etzel website]

References

Gerold Frank, "The Deed: The Assassination of Lord Moyne in Cairo", Simon and Shuster, 1963.


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