File, Nadav

Son of Rachel and Jacob, was born on March 13, 1964 in Kibbutz Yiftach in the Upper Galilee. At a young age, when he was about two years old, Nadav stood out for his special talent. Even then he recognized letters, and he could read words. A quiet boy was Nadav, orderly, serious and considered gifted. Nadav attended the joint elementary school and the regional high school in Kfar Blum. He loved sports, and at a young age he learned to assemble miniature planes. Nadav knew how to fish and play bridge. He read a lot, especially the Karl May books and rain books. At the age of 6c years, Nadav built himself a small meteorological station, and checked the rain and recorded statistics. He hoped that after completing his army service he would go to study meteorology at the university. Nadav excelled in the real professions, but was also interested in humanitarian issues. At the age of 16, Nadav called his girlfriend, Zohar, and his connections were exemplary until the day he fell. During school vacations, he worked devotedly and meticulously in a refrigeration room. Before completing his military service, Nadav spent only a short time working as a salt shaker, raising his cotton, graduating from high school, and completing his 10th grade in meteorology and mathematics, and in November 1982, Nadav enlisted in the IDF. Nadav aspired to serve in an elite unit and was assigned to the Golani Brigade in combat engineering. After undergoing basic training, he underwent a sabotage course and went on to operational employment in Lebanon, in Jabel Baruch. From time to time Nadav went south, for winter training or for summer training. In April 1984, he was assigned to an officer’s course, but he was not complete with himself and asked to return to operational employment, serving briefly as an instructor in a squad commander’s course, and in this role he also discovered his skills as a soldier and as a guide. Nadav was pleased that he had been able to train commanders in combat units. In March 1985, he returned to operational employment in Lebanon. On the afternoon of March 16, 1985, Nadav and his unit went to ambush in the village of Jabshit. On the way back, on the way back, they encountered terrorists who opened fire on them from an ambush. Nadav and another soldier who was with him were killed, and five other soldiers were wounded. The commander of his unit wrote to his parents: “Nadav was a squad commander in a squad commanders’ course, which trains soldiers to be commanders in the IDF. He gave his apprentices the rich experience he acquired in the IDF as a fighter, and his qualities and his calm temperament and the coolness of spirit that characterized him. ” Nadav was laid to rest in his kibbutz, Yiftach. He left behind a brother and sister. One year after he fell, his kibbutz friends published a pamphlet in his memory. His mother wrote and published a book of poems in his memory called “Songs for Nadav”