Gilboa (Goldberg), Gad

Son of-Eliezer and Batya. He was born on October 5, 1944, in Kvutzat Kinneret in the Jordan Valley. He studied at the Daganya High School and after completing elementary school at Beit Yerah High School. Did not show any special ambitions in the field of study-his attention for the duration of the surrounding world, full of decomposable devices. However, he reached a satisfactory level of knowledge by self-study. His surroundings were known as a Yaffa child, a tall, handsome boy. And was also known for his sense of humor. In his spare time, he worked as a photographer and listened to music and was interested in art. Before he enlisted, he worked for a short period of time in the banana industry and in carpentry – a profession that he had since adopted and which he would certainly have devoted himself to for many years if only he had been given … At the end of 1962 he was drafted into the IDF and his older brother volunteered for the paratroopers, After graduating from regular army service, he worked in his group in the cowshed and almond branch, and successfully treated the local youth, and at that time he met Ziva for an agricultural house and a relationship With warm connections, and in June 1969 they married and went to settle in the Mevo Hama in the Golan Heights. He decided to abandon the collective framework and move to the settlement of the Judean people on the Golan Heights, where he built his home, where a son and daughter had already been huddled by the love and concern He made a living by working as a treasurer in the neighboring Moshav Givat Yoav, but he soon decided that he had enough to deal with the problems of others, bought a small machine and set up a carpentry shop. His. The material success had already begun to make him smile. Gadi is called for many periods of active reserve service. Participated in the Six-Day War in the battle for the liberation of Jerusalem. In the Yom Kippur War he fought in Sinai and crossed the Suez Canal. The experiences of the war left their mark on him-when he returned to his first leave, he was pale and depressed and clenched in words. With this, his connections with his unit became closer, and since then he had called for reserve service and volunteered for various operations. From his last reserve service in November 1975, he did not return. A terrible disaster suddenly put an end to his life. Gadi fell in the line of duty on the 25th of Kislev 5736 (25.11.1975). Was brought to eternal rest in his place of birth – in the cemetery in the Sea of ​​Galilee. He left behind a wife and two children, parents and three brothers. Gad’s memory was immortalized in a corner of memory in Bnei Yehuda. The family also published a booklet in his memory entitled “In the Storm of Heaven.”