Ayalon, Gideon

Son of Bruria and Dr. Avraham, was born on April 30, 1928 in Haifa. Gideon studied at the elementary school and at the Reali School in Haifa, where he studied violin at the Music Institute, and discovered a great deal of emotion and ability in his performances at the students’ concerts. As an instructor in the youth movement, he found a tendency toward educational work and after finishing seventh grade at the Reali School, his father transferred him to the preparatory program of the Teachers’ Seminary in Jerusalem, where he continued to study at the conservatory. After a year he refused to continue his studies for “better times” and went to Ashdot Yaakov for a Palmach recruits training, while also training in farm work and as a violinist in the Valley of the Jordan Valley Orchestra. With great courage and perseverance. He participated in disrupting Arab transport in the Jordan Valley and in bombing and sabotage operations in the villages that served as bases for gangs and infiltrators across the border. At the end of the winter of 1948 he was sent with his battalion to the Upper Galilee Mountains around Safed, took part in the Palmach raid on Sasa, participated in the defense of Ein Zeitim as commander of the area, The night after the departure of the British from Safed and after handing over all the key points to the Arabs, he arrived with the Palmach unit that had infiltrated Safed, reinforced the spirit of the local defenders, took part in the defense of the Jewish Quarter in Safed and was particularly active in ambushing Arabs who tried to infiltrate the area through the ruins. (28.4.1948) on one of the Arab attacks on the southern border of the Quarter, and on the other hand, The Jew took up a position on the roof of a house to precisely target the fire of the submachine gun in his hand towards the note And he was hit by an enemy bullet in his eye and fell, Gideon was brought to eternal rest in Safed’s military cemetery, and his song “A Boy Fell in the Galilee” was composed in his memory (lyrics: Shlomo Kodesh, music: Moshe Bick) Culture in Safed (by the family, the section for teaching the language and “Hadassah le-No’ar”), the house is called Beit Gideon.