Dan Gur, Eran

Son of Mary and Reuben. He was born on August 19, 1987 in Jerusalem. A second son to his father and a firstborn to his mother. A younger brother Liron and a son of Nadav and Guy. As a baby Eran was handsome, full of joie de vivre, barely crying and most of the time smiling. In his first year he visited the family and the age of a year – in the home of the Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital. He had already discovered leadership skills; Even the only “Bimba” in the residence belonged only to him and when he went to bed for the afternoon, he would stuff her under his bed and fall asleep with one hand in the handle of the car. In the kindergarten Eran stood out as an active and energetic child, always a participant and interested, beloved kindergarten teachers. From a very young age he loved sports. Already at the age of six he studied swimming in Hapoel Jerusalem, and since the age of twelve, he has participated almost every year in crossing the Sea of ​​Galilee. Eran was an outstanding swimmer, took part in many competitions and won several times the Jerusalem Championship and the Israeli championship. He also excelled in the judo and martial arts industry and won many medals. To his mother he said, “Mother, you should always be first, and if not, then who?” Such was Eran – he knows how to define and achieve a goal, difficult and challenging as it may be. He also studied music in the movement and in astronomy. Eran did his elementary studies at the “Gila D” elementary school. In the first grade, he solved workbooks that were different from those of the other children, and progressed more than anything else in the material. He finished sixth grade with honors and began his studies at the “Makif Gilo” junior high school. Here, too, he demonstrated outstanding scholastic abilities, was motivated, invested, demanded of himself, and achieved high grades. And if he had received a grade lower than he thought he deserved, he would have immediately inquired with the teacher. For Eran, even score 99 was a kind of failure, and he did not give up until the score was adjusted to 100. Eran was a sociable, charismatic and sweeping child. He knew how to deal with everyone-boys and girls, types of different types and backgrounds-everyone loved him. Eran’s creativity was a good thing, and so was his excellent ability to express himself. He especially liked the Purim holiday and invested in original costumes: once he disguised himself as a “thousand” doll and once disguised himself with friends for a bus that exploded. Along with his studies and investment, Eran knew how to manage an active social life and to combine trips and entertainment of all kinds. For the first time, he traveled abroad at the age of thirteen, then traveled to England, where he went to a summer camp in the United States, where he spent a month and enjoyed his first year in high school. , So he chose the Ort College in Givat Ram, a high school that includes talented students who aspire to excellence and opens fields of study based on advanced science and technology, and studied computer science. Eran always knew how to separate school from school, and when he was narrow His friend Erez Cohen testified how easy it is not to be a high school student whose close friends love to spend, even when it comes sometimes at the expense of studies, but despite the social pressure, Eran knew how to stand his ground, and in proof – never “You only have the ability,” Erez wrote to him, “because you, Eran, are a strong character, decisive, who will not stop until everything he does is perfect. no less. Eran’s social life during the high school period was very lively, and from the first day of Ort he felt a sense of belonging to the group that was formed, among whom Eran was called “Sun Rise” (sunrise), and his many loved friends lovedLike his brothers. Together with these friends, he traveled to Cyprus, where he traveled to Thailand, where he traveled for three weeks. Eran was a source of pride and satisfaction to his parents at every moment of his life. He was a Zionist patriot and ambitious, so he dreamed all his life of being a pilot. Indeed, Eran received a summons for an aviation course, but Nesher, towards the end of the selection. After extensive research, it was clear to Eran that he chose Givati. Upon his induction into the Israel Defense Forces on March 20, 2006, he began his eight months of basic training, and was assigned to a course for squad commanders, and his commanders planned to serve as a commander in the infantry school. “But if Eran wanted to return to the battalion and become a combat fighter, he explained that he wanted to give more, wanted to feel a battle,” if I remain in the commanders’ course, I will have nothing to tell, “he said. Here he began his stubborn struggle to return to his battalion, the Shaked Battalion, even though his comrades had already completed a course. In his determination, Eran wrote to the head of the Ground Forces and to the Ombudsman of the Soldiers, and was interviewed by the battalion commanders … After a few months he got what he wanted and returned to the operational company. He did not lack anything, and Eran never underestimated it, for example, Eran never threw food into the trash and gave no hand to robbery or waste Before embarking on a fateful operation in Gaza, one of his friends told the service, He refused to leave the shower until he repaired a leaking water faucet, and in February 2008 Eran and his girlfriend Liron marked their first anniversary and planned to celebrate Eran fell in battle in the Gaza Strip on the 14th of Adar 5768 (March 1, 2008) On the same Saturday, in the middle of the day, Eran was supposed to stay at the base for kitchen patrols, but insisted on going out with his friends to work and contribute his part. During an exchange of fire with armed men in Jabalya, most of them from Hamas, Eran was killed by an RPG missile. Charges and anti-tank missiles were also used against an IDF force. In another shooting incident that same day, Sergeant Doron Asulin was killed and five other soldiers were wounded. Eran was twenty-one when he fell. He was buried in the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem. Survived by his parents and three brothers. After his death, he was promoted to First Sergeant. On the tombstone of Eran, the family engraved the words: “Hero of the world – a child with a smile of angels.” “Your determination and stubbornness to fight alongside your friends deserve great esteem and are a model and example of love for friends and values,” Lt. Col. Tal Carmel, commander of the Shaked battalion, told Ynet. As your commander, I am proud that I had the privilege of commanding people like you, of your courage, of your determination, and of your strong desire to fight in the name of the values ​​you were raised in. Be proud of your comrades who continued to fight with great courage, coolness and professionalism even after your fall. ” Eran eulogized the department sergeant, Oz Yarkoni: “Eran was for me a dominant figure, both calm and sensitive, but he always knew how to stand up for his actions, but if he did, he never did it on purpose. With him in a serious situation, this sensitive and sympathetic young man simply put on a smile, a kind of one that can not be tough and hard on him … I had the pleasureTo be a commander and a friend of your charming son, whose everything you have been entrusted to him, and I must note that you have done so with supreme success, because your son would have remained loved by all. “Mary, Eran’s mother, Photographs, farewells and more at www.eranrise.com Pini wrote: “In my eyes, you were always a good, innocent child who respects his father and mother. You’ve never been a fighter to me, though I’m sure you were and you were brave. If you were alive at the time of the Bible, you would be a great soul, not a warrior, a romantic, an intellectual, a blaine, just a warrior, you were a naughty and curious person who was enthusiastic about all the joy of life in you. I have always felt that you are saving yourself wisdom and that you also know that there is pain in it. ” Eran’s friend, Erez Cohen, wrote: “When your name comes up, I immediately think and imagine you laughing, so your character is engraved in my head. . ” Eran’s many friends continue to keep in touch with his parents and brothers, come to the plot and cultivate it. Members of the military service also printed an album in his memory containing pictures and letters. Eran continues to be an important part of their lives, and they bear within them the memory of his smile, his wisdom, his courage and his strength. Wrote his friend Roi Dovev: “A huge smile, big blue eyes that give the strength to continue in any situation, good or bad, and say that everything will be fine and that there will be no request or task that he will refuse or say it is not possible, And will give all of it to help you – without fatigue, fear or despair.Always know to see the light and the chance in an impossible situation. ” Eran is immortalized in the Israeli championship in the Taekwondo, named after him, and takes place during Hanukkah at the Malha Sports Center in Jerusalem, in cooperation with the Municipal Sports Authority of the Jerusalem Municipality. In 2009, prior to the event, the family prepared printed shirts with the verse from several things, “Dan Gur Aryeh will leap out of the Bashan” (Devarim 33:22). “Today, a year and a half after his fall, I stand before you with my sons and we are still unable to digest life without Eran, leaving behind a huge void and fragments of broken heart.” Today, Chanukah, 28 Kislev, the meaning of this day is Force. We chose to concentrate on life; Arani’s life was short, but what matters is their quality and not their quantity. Every moment in his life had a purpose and meaning, and in his short life he made his mark on so many people, and brought dignity and comfort to us as a family, and to the state as an outstanding athlete and a fighter for its defense. … I strengthen your hands, and draw strength from you, you are the salt of the earth. Asks you that Eran’s image is engraved in your heart, and like him, you will know how to set a goal and conquer it. Adhering to your mission, training, and everything you believe will bring you to the top of your ambitions and achievements. “The JNF planted a tree in memory of Eran, and in the Gilo neighborhood of Jerusalem it was named” Af-Town “square after him.