Gafni, tel
Ben Masha and Avinoam. He was born on the 12th of Adar Alef 5723 (February 12, 1973) in The Hague, the Netherlands, where the family was on a mission, the youngest son in the family, brother Lahad and Sigal, and when Tal was one year old, the family returned to their home in Haifa, where he grew up, He graduated from the “David Yellin” elementary school and went on to study at the Reali School of Economics, where he was a member of the Scouts movement in the tribe of Mshotati in the Carmel, where he loved sports, played basketball, loved the beaches and surfed in surfboards. In mid-August 1991, Tal was drafted into the IDF’s compulsory service and assigned to the Navy. He was chosen to take the Naval Training course, and at the end he was assigned the rank of officer and assigned to serve in the naval commando unit. At the end of his regular army service, he joined the army and was sent to enrich his training in the naval commando course. According to his commanders, Tal was an outstanding officer, and he was an excellent officer in the field of command and control, On August 19, 1995, Tal fell to the military cemetery in Haifa and died at the age of twenty-two, leaving behind his parents, brother and sister. The unit commander wrote: “Tal was with us as a fighter throughout his army service. His character as an outstanding commander in his field, as a natural leader, always showed confidence in all his surroundings. “His subordinates wrote in his memory:” Tal was for us a father, a mother, a psychologist and a doctor. It was all for us, and most importantly a friend, just a real friend. Who could be trusted to keep a secret, who understood the difficult moments of a soldier on a ship. … was a peacemaker, radiating love. “