In Arava East of Kibbutz Faran

On Thursday August 27th, 1953, Five young people went on a trip to Petra, the “red rock” in Jordan. The five were Arik Magar, 26 years old, Gila Ben Akiva, 28, Miriam Munderer, 23, Eitan Mintz, 22 and Yakov Klifeld, 25. Till then who ever went across the border was detained and returned alive.

The five were killed by the Jordanians possibly when they came to ask help at the “Bir Madkur” police station.
One of the versions that was never confirmed said that a snake bit Eitan Mintz and the five decided to head back and seek help at the Police station. After entering the station the gate was closed and the five were shot.

Natan Yonatan , the famous Israeli Poet, who was a neighbor of the Mintz family wrote in his memory the poem “The boy is dead” which is carved on the monument built at the Arava near the place where they crossed the border to Jordan.

The pictures of the monuments were taken by Gal Berman, the pictures were received thanks to the paratrupers site "http://www.202.org.il "