Ben Ofra and Jacob, brother to Nir and Or. He was born on the 16th of Cheshvan 5736 (October 16, 1975) in Rehovot. Gil attended the Weizmann elementary school and the Katzir junior high school in Rehovot. After the family moved to Ness Tziona, he studied for a year at Ben-Gurion High School, and went on to the Ron High School in Rehovot, where he studied photography. Before his enlistment in the IDF, Gil traveled around the country and was captivated mainly by the charms of the landscapes in the north, where he dreamed of setting up his home, where Gil filmed and documented places, landscapes and people, painted and scribbled on every piece of paper he passed. The Nahal Brigade, and served as a team liaison in the team, and a strong and courageous bond of friendship was formed between Gil and the other members of the team, a relationship that grew deeper and stronger and eventually strengthened the family’s hands in its difficult moments. , And after a short period of time he took over the crew of the 912 Platoon, which boasted the name “Eisen Team.” On the evening of the 28th of Shvat 577 (February 4, 1997), the helicopter disaster occurred, Yassur was killed in the military section of the cemetery in Nes Tziona, and was promoted to lieutenant after his death at the age of 21. He was survived by his parents, two brothers “Gil was described by his commanders as a determined and dedicated officer who showed confidence in his surroundings, stood out for his love of the land and believed in the justice of the way he chose,” said IDF Chief of Staff Amnon Lipkin-Shahak. Gil’s subordinates told him that he knew exactly how to give each of his soldiers the most attention, and the feeling that each of them was an “only son” for him, adding that he had not forgotten the families of the fallen in his unit, and on every holiday, even the shortest one, Families of the fallen and to strengthen their hands. His subordinate, Reuven, eulogized him: “Here again, that familiar status, the same face, the same feeling of helplessness in front of the family, how to comfort, and what to say, this time this is you.” Ofra, Gil’s mother, wrote in a booklet devoted to his memory: “I understood the idea of bereavement, I was tired of it, I was fed up with it, I want you here, now and immediately, without any excuses. I do not consider it, there is no mercy there, no consideration, what happens there, that all the young people rush there, shape, endlessly? ” Gil, Adi’s girlfriend, who accompanied him for five years and became a daughter of her daughter, wrote: “Gil was a modest, witty fellow who did a lot for everyone and nothing for himself. Brother and sister, he was my whole life, he touched everyone’s soul. ” Due to his love for animals, Gil was immortalized in the reptile house in the Zoological Garden in Be’er Sheva. A basalt monument was erected next to the reptile pavilion, on which the names of additional cavalry personnel from Nahal Brigade were inscribed.
