Son of Shimon and Nechama. He was born in Tel Aviv on January 4, 1924. He attended the “Tachkemoni” and “Ahad Ha’am” elementary schools and continued at the Geula high school in Tel Aviv, where he was an excellent athlete and played table tennis and basketball in the Brit Maccabim Atid “and later in” Hapoel “He was also a member of the Israeli national basketball team and traveled with her to international competitions in Europe In 1942, Gideon joined the ranks of the Palmach and participated in the immigration of illegal immigrants. And in the war against the British and was one of the founders of the IDF, and in 1944 he was transferred to the Palmach Reserve Company and participated in all its activities. Immediately after the UN decision in November 1947, he was called a Revisionist, active duty, and with the establishment of the IDF joined his ranks. He took part in many battles as a company commander, and was one of the designers of the IDF, where he served as commander of the “Barak” battalion in Golani, The first of the Command and Staff College and the fourth graduating class of the National Security College, and after the Six-Day War he became a colonel of the Northern Command and was appointed commander of the Haganah, which was a time of constant bombardment and infiltration by terrorists from the Jordan and Syria borders. In the defense and security of the communities of the Galilee, the Jordan Valley and the Beit She’an Valley. Who was responsible for the location and security of these settlements, was responsible for the security of the area of this book on Gideon, and he fulfilled his duties with all his Lev and energy, was among the initiators of the settlement in the Golan Heights and was responsible for its settlement. And despite the fact that he was preoccupied with difficult and troubling problems, his ear was always attentive and his Lev was open to hearing, explaining, guiding and putting things in proper light and in proper proportion. He was pleasant, fair-hearted, a good and beloved friend of his fellow commanders and his subordinates. In spite of the heavy burden he placed on his many positions in the IDF, he found time to play sports, and when he was unable to participate in the basketball team, although he continued to play and practice until the end of the day, he managed the basketball team of Hapoel Tel Aviv on 17.12 1969), Colonel Gideon fell in the line of duty and was laid to rest in the military cemetery in Kiryat Shaul, where he laid down a wife, a daughter and a son, and the chief of staff at the time, Lieutenant General Haim Bar-Lev, The kind of commanders who see any role they play as perfection in and of itself is not a springboard, not a break, but a mission in itself, which must be achieved and fulfilled to the fullest. In the past two years, Gideon has played a role, which is aimed at preserving human life – the life of a child in the community of a school and a resident of a development town – Gideon devoted himself to his job and identified with him, did nights and achieved impressive achievements, Even though he was a young man, he joined the Palmach and took an active part in the struggle against the state. On the way, and from then until his last day he worked for the security of the state. He devoted his life to the whole; Such stories were and will remain in our memory. “Articles in his memory were written by his commanders in the IDF and by security personnel in the Galilee and settlement institutions; The sports papers also devoted articles in memory of his characterAs an athlete; The Jordan Valley Regional Council established at the Tzemach Junction, on the southern shore of the Sea of Galilee, a sports and cultural hall that will serve as a monument to Gideon; The new road, which the JNF had deployed on the southwestern slope of the Hermon, was named after him – “Ma’ale Gidon”; Gideon was one of the founders of the trust fund to help the settlements of the book and the first certificate of appreciation was given to Gideon’s family, “who gave his life to the welfare of the settlements of the book.”
