Garbali, Gad (Gadi)

Son of David and Shulamit. Fourth generation in Israel. He was born on August 28, 1957, in Tiberias. He attended elementary school D, continued for a year in the Air Force Technical School and completed high school at the Amal Comprehensive High School in Tiberias. Gadi was a water sports fan: water-skiing, rowing and sailing. He also played tennis and loved riding horses. He was a counselor in the Scouts movement and an active member of the Scouts. Gadi was a cheerful, playful boy who loved to help others. After entering the yoke of mitzvot he grew up and became a strong, tall and active man in social life. In the summer of 1975 he went with the Hartzan group to the Nahal Brigade in Kibbutz Kabri, in preparation for the completion of Kibbutz Al-Rom in the Golan Heights. In the kibbutz he worked in a cowshed, a job he liked very much. Gadi was drafted into the IDF in January 1976. As a graduate of the Scouts movement, he chose to serve in the Nahal Brigade. After basic training, he was sent to the Morag Brigade and served as a reconnaissance commander in the town of Petah-Rafiah, then on the northern border in operational service, and eventually served as a paratrooper battalion commander in charge of the communications equipment in the armored personnel carriers. 1977.) In a letter of condolence to the bereaved family, his commander wrote: “Gadi was a devoted soldier, acceptable to his comrades. He served as a member of the first group of the Kinneret tribe that left for Nahal. He liked to sail the Kinneret in the sailboat. In summer camps and trips he would help with everything. Gadi liked to sing and joke. His teacher wrote: “Modesty and good-natured characterized him, he was enthusiastic about the idea of ​​settlement and for the core of his horn.” Gadi was the man of action, a man of the slogan “Get up and act,” as his students and friends remember him.