Gideon, son of Louisa and Shmuel, was born on 7.11.1948 in Kibbutz Dalia and studied at the elementary school in Dalia and in the high school, the Efraim Ephraim Educational Institute. On the one hand, he was interested in sports and was an avid music aficionado, and he devoted himself to playing for many hours, not only the material he had learned at school, but also the fact that during the breaks between school hours he saw books and newspapers on the desks of Gideon and some of his friends , Reading books, and study books, he was interested in everything, his learning was not only passive – he read, studied, studied and studied Gideon wrote many poems, essays, stories and impressions – from experiences, from reading books, from trips in Israel and around the world, from meetings, from friends, and from love – at the end of the eighth grade he slipped into his teacher’s notebook containing nine songs. He wrote and wrote songs on various subjects, and their names testify to the world of this young man: “The mother”, “life”, “pain” , “The”, “The World”, “Politics”, “Alumim” and “The Poet.” Poetry did not make him a young solitary and eccentric; On the contrary – he still found time for him to do much. He was a counselor at the kibbutz’s adoption center, treated youth from other communities, played on Dalia’s basketball team and participated in all the company’s activities in the agriculture. In the late hours of the night he went to study and read, read and write. Gideon was drafted into the IDF in early November 1968 and was assigned to the Armored Corps, and after completing basic training he successfully completed various professional courses in the Armored Corps and the Armored Corps, including a tank commander course. As a soldier and commander, Gideon was a model to his soldiers and subordinates. One of the members wrote: “He was very careful with himself, everything was prepared for him, with all his details and details.” Gideon always made a point of treating his friends and subordinates in the army. Even as a soldier and commander, Gideon did not abandon everything he loved – poetry, writing, touring the landscape of the country and marveling at the splendor of nature. Despite being an outstanding soldier, he was not deterred from expressing his opinions in condemnation of wars. I am one of those / tired of war, wounded / killed … / tired of mines and nervous finger on the trigger / every night, every night, Every night / I am a soldier. ” Even when he was a tank commander in the Golan Heights, he looked up at nature: “I take my head out of the commander’s turret and look at the Yaffa Yarmuk landscape from heights.” After being released from regular service, Gideon realized an old dream – to see the world, and especially the Far East, his Lev’s desire. For a year he wandered between India and Japan. Full of experiences and deep impressions returned to Israel and managed to spend only a month in the family and among friends in the agriculture, until the war broke out. In the Yom Kippur War, Gideon was a tank commander in the battle against the Syrians in the Golan Heights. In a battle that took place on the 11th of Tishrei 5740 (7.10.1973) he was hit in his tank and killed. He was brought to eternal rest in the cemetery of Dalia. Survived by his parents and two brothers. After his fall, he was promoted to First Sergeant. His parents and his kibbutz published a pamphlet in his memory containing friends’ comments on his character.
