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Ze’ev (Zevik), son of Sarah and Aryeh, was born on February 19, 1945 in Kibbutz Sdot Yam to his parents, one of the founders of the kibbutz, as well as all the children of the farm. He was always an excellent swimmer and began sailing before he learned to read and write, and he was always a handsome boy, with his thick hair blowing in the wind, and his teachers told him that he was one of the most stubborn students in the class. When his friend asked him why he was crying, he replied: “I count the Jules.” As soon as the smile poured on his handsome face, he forgave him everything: Zevik graduated from elementary and high school in the kibbutz school, and from his youth he was an excellent athlete and when he was a student in the high grades he used to sail in sailboats. On his travels around the country, Zevik was always the quiet, resourceful boy who did not talk, but did what he needed: the older members of the kibbutz would not forget a trip in which Zevik was a guide and excelled in deep understanding and consideration. The quiet boy, who did nothing to stand out, who never raised his voice, always managed to gather around him his friends, who felt the authority of his personality and his cordiality. Ze’ev was drafted into the IDF in early November 1963 and assigned to a Paratroopers Brigade, after completing a parachuting course and winning the Paratrooper Wing, where he continued to take a driving course, an anti-tank team and a sabotage course. In his quiet way, he did everything he had to do, and in the opinion of his commanders he was described as “a good soldier with excellent performance.” At the beginning of May 1966 he was discharged from regular service and assigned to a reserve unit. He remained faithful to his great love – the sea, and at every opportunity he used to sail long or short – he did not give up his room on the beach and refused to leave it When he was offered to move to a better housing project, he was on the eve of the Six-Day War and was drafted immediately, with the commando unit fighting in Jerusalem and a rumor that he had fallen in battle. Zevik married his girlfriend Dalia and the two settled in the farm .In 1971 their daughter was born, and Zafik was diagnosed as a father, for example, so much so that many months after he fell, and a child was two years old, she pointed to his picture and said, “This is Dad.” When the Yom Kippur War broke out, Zevik was called to his unit in Sinai and was immediately attached to the armored infantry force. On October 16, 1973, a small force was ordered to break into the “Tartar-Lexicon” intersection and purify it. This force was also Zevik and when the force broke into enemy territory, heavy fire was fired from all sides. Some of the half-tracks were damaged, and when the order was given to withdraw, Ze’evik’s half-track and all his men were killed. Zevik was brought to eternal rest at the Sedot Yam cemetery. Survived by a wife and daughter, parents, sister and two brothers. After his fall, he was promoted to First Sergeant. Kibbutz Sdot Yam published a pamphlet in his memory, and also named after him a sailboat “Snunit” sailing boat, which is used for training