Gath, Eli

Son of Shoshana and Sayid was born on March 7, 1959 in Afula. His family immigrated from Yemen in 1949 and settled in Afula. On May 30, 1980, when he rode a motorcycle at his base in Ramat David, he lost control of the wheel, collided with a truck parked nearby and was critically wounded. He was hospitalized for six days. Eli died of his wounds on June 4, 1980, and was laid to rest at his military cemetery in Afula. A Torah scroll was placed in the synagogue in Afula, where he used to pray with his family.