Gal (Gottlieb), Aharoni

Son of – Asher and Leah, Holocaust survivors and “He – Chaluts” immigrants, who immigrated as illegal immigrants to Israel at the end of World War II. He was born on July 26, 1950 in Kibbutz Alonim in the Jezreel Valley. He attended elementary school and high school. After completing his studies, he volunteered for a core of boys at Kibbutz Golan. He was a lively lad, lively and loving music. He loved his friends and his presence made them Simcha and cheerful. At the beginning of February 1969, he was drafted into the IDF with his friends. During his service he was wounded twice. He took part in operations in the canal and beyond the lines. After recovering from his wounds, he returned to his unit. On November 24, 1971, a few weeks before the end of his service in the Israel Defense Forces, he died in Gaza while serving as commander. He was laid to rest in the cemetery in Kibbutz Alonim. The commander of his unit wrote in a letter of condolence to his family: “His strong desire to remain with his friends in the front line, despite his right to serve in a light place, was an example of his comrades. His direct commander eulogized him: “Aharon was one of the few soldiers in our unit who volunteered three times, for the first time – when he enlisted in the IDF, when he voluntarily chose to serve in an operational unit operating under difficult conditions. A second time after he was wounded during the IDF raid on the canal in March 1970, and the third time when he was injured during an ambush by an artillery barrage on the canal line, and each time he was injured he was given the opportunity to serve in a lighter, less dangerous place. And persuaded him to stay with his friends in the front line, was a brave soldier who was looking for the challenges and finding them. ” After publishing a booklet in his memory, called “Aharoni”; The Kishon Regional Council newsletter contains details of his life and things in his memory; The kibbutz leaflet “HaNoar HaOved” was brought up; In Davar Ha-Po’elah, the March 1972 issue, things were written in his memory.