Hagai, son of Miriam and Benjamin, was born in Afula on April 14, 1950 and is the eldest brother of his twin brother Ehud. As a child, the twins grew up in Shdemot Deborah, and in 1955 the family moved south, to Kfar Mordechai. Together with his brother Ehud, Hagai studied at the “Gederot” elementary school. After completing elementary school, he did not want to continue studying. In contrast to Ehud, the book lover, Hagai was a man of action, and from a young age he developed a love for bees. He devoted himself entirely to the beehive industry. His father bought him a farm in the village, near the parents’ farm, where he spent his time from morning to night. He never missed the theoretical studies. His work fulfilled all his desires. “I met Hagai for the first time at a beehive equipment shop in Tel Aviv, and he was, as usual, in work clothes, tall and big, rough hands, and all he said was` work. ‘”I went with him and his father to Gedera, Bees, Hagai’s knowledge of the secrets of the profession, from the simplest to the more complicated things, such as raising bee queens, the work and the agriculture were at the top of his mind, he had plans to enlarge the beehive and reach a serious industry, It was not money, he wanted to do everything on his own, every item in the beehive was polished and polished R, which are so important for bee keepers, were his bones. When his father bought a farm, said to him: Well, if you have a farm, have also a wife. His answer was, until that 300 hives – nothing to talk about. ” “Seven years ago, a young and quiet man came to me and expressed his desire to work with me in the beehive in order to study in the industry,” he said, “but at first I agreed with the proposal, lest I be bothered by the boy. Hagai was one of those few and special people that the beehive industry was fond of from an early age, usually achieving bee-keeping achievements, and over time I sometimes felt that I was learning from it.I had some innovative advice on the methods I use to this day “He said. Hagai was drafted into the IDF in mid-May 1968 and assigned to the Armored Corps, and six months later his brother, Ehud, was recruited to the army, but for Hagai it was an ideal role. A tank and a tank course, and participated in the War of Attrition, in the most dangerous areas of battle, “David said.” I met Hagai for the first time in the glorious company L. In this wild (though outstanding) company, Hagai was modest in his quietness, a type of ‘anti-cracker’. To my great satisfaction Hagai was joined to my team and the acquaintance between us, in the difficult field conditions, deepened. At first he was very quiet and did not make much of his mouth. After about a month he went into high gear and began to beat jokes and stories and rose to the rank of corporate joker. When I asked him how? He turned to me about his past tribulations with teams whose social level had suppressed him every Simcha part. He would speak with longing for the bees and his farm, and he would have “bees” jokes, as we called them, unique. He called Ehud ‘the intelligent family’, brought us honey from the hive and helped repair cars. Hagai was a car expert. He would do wonders from old junk and turn them into great cars. We called them ‘Hagai’s ships.’ “In his release certificate, the following words were written:” An excellent soldier, very efficient in fulfilling his duty in the army. “In mid-May 1971, Hagai was released from compulsory service and returned to his farm and his bees.Very sea. When the Yom Kippur War broke out, Amos, the elder brother, was called to his armored unit in the Golan Heights. Ada, the nurse, was a soldier in the Israel Air Force. Ehud was stationed as a tank commander in the southern sector. Hagai served as a tank driver, also on the southern front. On October 21, Hagai was still fighting in armored battles in the area of the Chinese Farm. At the end of this day, after he managed to transfer his wounded commander, Roni Gilboa, to Hagai Gilboa, Hagai learned that his twin Ehud had been hit. In a nearly lost battle, Ehud and his friends managed to stop the Egyptians’ attack. Ehud fell and was awarded the “Medal of Honor” for his heroism. When the battalion learned that one of the brothers had fallen, Hagai was transferred to the headquarters company in the rear. On the 27th of Tishrei 5734 (23.10.1973), about five minutes before the first cease-fire had to go into effect at seven in the evening, the Egyptians began to shell the bridges badly. A missile fired at the bridges hit the company. Ten of them fell, among them Hagai. He was brought to eternal rest in the cemetery in Gedot. Survived by his mother, father, brother and sister. After his fall, he was promoted to First Sergeant. In a letter of condolence to the bereaved family, Defense Minister Moshe Dayan wrote: “Hagai was an excellent soldier and an exemplary friend, he was loved by all.” In his memory, a list was published in a bulletin issued by the Regional Council of Fences in memory of its fallen. The newspaper also published a list of the twins. Hanan Shadmi wrote a poem in their memory, and two of his daughters were told: Hagai and Ehud, twins, and two of them came out of their belly, brothers. Hagai and Ehud, twins./ Two of them went out on the way, brothers / brother in the shoulder Achio./ He is Hagai – a war cry, / and his second Udi – even me / two are on their way, Hagai and Ehud, twins.
