Bushevitz, Gil

Son of Peretz and Orzel. Born on December 28, 1949 in Kfar Bialik. When he reached school age, he attended elementary school in Kiryat Bialik. After graduating from elementary school, he studied at the agricultural high school in Kfar Galim. As a farmer he was devoted to agriculture in all its branches – an occupation that occupied most of his free hours. He grew up in an agricultural farm and the work tradition and love for her was inherent in his blood, since his parents had educated him to love the earth and its works. The work was sacred to him. From his early childhood he loved the flora and fauna and spent all his spare time in the care and work of the farm and his zoo; Every wounded animal would find a warm nest and Gil treated it with love and devotion. He was not an old man because of his muscles; Even in his theoretical studies, he was not superior. But what made him unique was the strength of his diligence and diligence at work-and above all, his honesty. His personality was fond of all those around him and he planted in the hearts of his friends and in the hearts of his educators the belief that he could be trusted in every role. In addition, he devoted himself to social activities among his classmates in the agricultural school. Because of his father’s illness, he stopped his studies after the third year, went home and helped build a large and developed farm in which he invested all his energies to make it easier for his father to work. Gil was awarded the prize for work and the company given annually by this school to the outstanding student in his studies. His honesty and honesty became a name among his friends and with them he liked to travel in the Carmel Mountains. As a result, he studied the various plants and when there was no known plant, he used to study the plants and was Simcha about the “find.” During the Six-Day War, he was unable to serve in the IDF, so he took on assignments before being drafted, continued to operate his parents’ farm, and even won a security prize, but in February 1968 he was drafted. But only eight months passed and at the time of the patrol Gil was hit by a bazooka shell from an enemy ambush that crossed the Suez Canal, and as a result of that injury he fell, (26.10.1968). He was laid to rest at the military cemetery in Haifa. The commander of the unit, in a letter of condolence to the family, wrote among other things: “He was not yet full of a year in the unit, when he spent most of his time in difficult and exhausting training that prepared him for this fateful moment in which he lost his life. His training stood out as an exemplary soldier, energetic and entrepreneurial, with extraordinary fighting ability and leadership that made him stand out from most of his comrades in the company. After they fell, the agricultural school in the village of Galim issued a memorial booklet entitled “Gil”.