Bonneh, Gad

Gad (Gadi), son of Shulamit and Menahem, was born on August 16, 1947 in Tel Aviv, Gad was drafted into the IDF at the beginning of September 1965 and was assigned to the Armored Corps, during which he served in the Suez Canal during the Six Day War and during the War of Attrition he served alongside the Suez Canal. , And was one of the first to be assigned to the Patton unit and later to T-55. After four years of service, Gadi was discharged from the regular army and went to study at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where he chose subjects that included research and performance. Kogelmass, dean of the School of Economics and Social Sciences: “We met Gad as part of his graduate studies in the statistics department And especially during his first year Masters. He was familiar to teachers in statistics throughout his studies, both as a student and as a teaching assistant. Gad was an outstanding student and even built a special program for him in Performance Research, at his request. This was a new area for us, and Gad was one of the first to choose this topic. “During his studies, he lived in the various neighborhoods of Jerusalem, immersed himself in the lives of the population and became friends with the residents, and encouraged young people who had given up hope of economic and social advancement. He also devoted his time to recruiting his fellow students to help them study for backward and underprivileged children, and at the same time married Rachel to Dekel, who knew her more from the kindergarten: “A lot of things interested Gadi, so he debated what to choose. His dream was to devote himself to the profession that would be connected with the development of the country, to live in the village, to enjoy the open landscape, to cultivate and cultivate a family in the spirit of tradition. ” He went to the Dead Sea to see the sunrise and to the peak of Mount Hermon to watch the sunset, and he did not tire of touring Jerusalem and the Judean Desert, and in the Yom Kippur War he joined a company that was foreign to him. : … “From the moment Gadi came to us, strange and unfamiliar, he became Address and power costs. He had a professional quality that I had not encountered until now, not even among career soldiers. On the 18th of Tishrei 5734 (October 14, 1973), Gad fought at the head of the tank division at the “Braga” post opposite the Firdan bridge on the canal in Sinai, during the battle of the Great Brahma In which he was hit by a shrapnel, exposed to a turret. Was brought to burial in the military cemetery in Kiryat Shaul, leaving behind a wife, parents, brother and sister, family members and many friends.