Ben Lili and Lev, members of Kibbutz Revivim. Born on 30.3.1968 in Kibbutz Revivim, a third child in a family of four, he had the ability to understand people’s way of thinking and to see life on their way, enabling him to connect with people from different circles He was an original thinker who did not go with the stream, attended elementary school in Revivim and later in the Ma’ale Habesor school, did not like the regular, curious and ambitious curriculum, learned from Hagai loved painting and photography, was sensitive to music and played the guitar, and his technical leanings were already expressed in the child And in the construction of motorbikes that were his hobby, which led to the book “Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance,” which influenced his world view. In February 1987 Hagai enlisted in the IDF and was appointed to serve in the Armored Corps. After completing four years of service, he returned to his kibbutz, Revivim, and joined the army. At the Raviv plant. Hagai loved his work and advanced in the mold department, which he managed. Was able to attract young people to work at Raviv and to make them partners in finding an interest in developing the plant. In the spring of 1992 he went on a three-month trip to the Far East. His impressions of the trip were drowned in many photographs. Some of them were gathered in the book, “There is no eternal world” devoted to his memory. On December 7, 1992, during a reserve duty patrol, Hagai and two of his soldiers were killed in a terrorist attack on the Gaza bypass road. He was twenty-four when he died. At the request of his parents, he was laid to rest in the civilian section of the Kibbutz Revivim cemetery. Survived by his parents, Hela’s sister, and two brothers – Boaz and Yuval. In a letter of condolence sent by then-Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin to his family, Hagai said: “Hagai fell when a small patrol of terrorists from a passenger vehicle opened fire while bypassing the patrol jeep. He served in the Armored Corps battalion. Was a professional officer with the ability to develop new directions of thought, with a desire to learn and understand everything. Was a favorite commander of his soldiers. “Avi Lachman, the battalion commander, continued:” Hagai was famous in the battalion with great professionalism, his open mind and his desire to learn and understand everything. His pleasant nature and professionalism soon turned him into a leader and commander beloved by the soldiers of his platoon and company. A commander, a friend and a fighter, who within a short time stamped his wonderful personality in everything around him. “And from the words written about Haggai by Noah Rosenfeld of the reserve unit:” This smile, this pat of the shoulder, this kindness, It stems from? I’ve never heard you complain about anything, always your smile leads forward. You are a commander in the army, but someone who knows you knows that first of all you are a person and a friend … “Kobi Sufrin, who met Hagai in their regular service:” … my memory is the guy who helps everyone, who likes to dismantle everything, In the department, because you knew he was the one who would help you and all of them if there was a problem, he was the one who would fix the mishaps in the tank while everyone was already asleep … First thought, what a sucker is working now when everyone is sleeping, but when you think deeply, You want to go to battle … “Ehud Shavit, a member of Kibbutz RavWho lost his brother during the Yom Kippur War: “To the army – a technological savage, the uncritically curious mind and the tolerant golden hands that return motorcycles from junk and take care of any material, instrument or device that the modern world can only produce for Haggai. “Four years in the army, an officer, he is getting up and coming to terms, a few points of cooperation, and I am discovering a new person, an amazing seriousness. Barry Salomon, Haggai’s educator: “The school class was not Haggai’s favorite arena and I was an educator I suffered almost as much as I could not understand why a clever, curious and definitely lazy boy was not functioning well. Thanks to Hannah Lavie (the educator), who loved him in her special way, Hagai succeeded in completing 12 years of study. I taught him English until the end of high school, and I enjoyed his good attitude and the special charm he always had. When my difficult partnership ended, he joined the IDF and I went on a mission to England, where I met him in London, where he was in uniform – a handsome and handsome officer who looked confident, relaxed and happy – another Hagai. And in this capacity I discovered another pleasant development. Both in the stormy discussions about the future of the youth club and in the inquiries about manpower in the mold department at Raviv… I knew an adult, considerate and wise. It was obvious that he thought carefully about all the aspects of the problem being discussed, always trying to come up with a solution that would benefit all sides. Hagai Dagan, Hagai’s classmate: “Hagai was an open man, also accepting those who are different from him, always giving the feeling that the other person is right next to him. He knew how to break an embarrassment and tension without a lot of words. … always with a smile on his lips and with bright eyes that warm the heart. Always open to listening, encouraging, encouraging. A gentle and sensitive man who lived with these qualities was wonderful, unlike many of his contemporaries who saw it as a possibility of harming their male roughness. We met together, a few friends, after a long period of separation and Hagai as if he were embracing us all together – as someone said at his funeral: ‘He had a hug …’ “Yes, Hagai was like that.
