NAME: Makorish (Eckel) Leah

LEHI ALIAS: Ziva

DATE OF BIRTH: 1928

Leah Makorish, daughter of Shulamit and Yeffet, was born in Eden in 1928 and made Aliya in 1944. In 1946 she joined the Lehi underground in Tel Aviv and Rehovot and participated in hanging posters and surveillance. Among her commanders were Shimon Mazali “Gad”, Ben-Zion Cohen “Barak. After the declaration of independence of Israel, she joined the IDF in the 8th Brigade. She received the Lehi badge.