Ben Hannah and Meidad. He was born on March 21, 1984 in Rehovot. Natan is four years his senior. Amit had a happy childhood with a large family: grandparents, uncles, aunts and nine cousins who lived in one courtyard in the city. Amit grew up in Rehovot. He began his studies at the Moshe Smilanski Elementary School, and graduated with the Amos De-Shalit High School. In high school he chose to study physics, mathematics and computers, and was an outstanding student. But more than excellence in his studies, Amit was a rare person of value. Amit was a model of mutual help and volunteering at the school, and was awarded a certificate of excellence at the end of his high school studies. At the age of fifteen, Amit decided to learn to play the piano. Despite the relatively late age of piano studies, he was captivated by the magic of the instrument and devoted quite a few hours to achieving the level he would have achieved if he had begun playing music at a younger age. He also excelled in this field, and within a short period of time he played complex compositions of Chopin and Bach for the enjoyment of family and neighbors. Ella loved to hear his music, even if it was late in the night. Amit also began his youth activities at a relatively late age, at the age of sixteen. Amit joined the Hashomer Hatzair movement in the Rehovot branch and soon became part of the movement and adopted the values of the movement. During the great vacation between 11th and 12th grade he went to a training course, and in 12th grade he returned to Ken as a guide, and he was also surrounded by friends and friends who loved his girlfriend. He was a conversationalist who knew how to listen and help, loved intimate conversations in which he could demonstrate his special maturity and give advice to his friends .Amid was a multidisciplinary person, in addition to playing the piano that never stopped, he had many other hobbies: Table tennis and swimming), baking cakes (especially complicated), music, staying at sea with friends, watching movies, playing pool games , But he was a sociable fellow with a unique sense of humor, a satirical, sophisticated and refreshing humor – not worn jokes he heard and passed on to others, but a combination of humorous meanings he invented for situations and words. Amit grew up to be a handsome man, tall and muscular and muscular, with great modesty and always with a smile, a lot of help for the family and friends, And to serve as an example when he dealt with the education of his students in the movement and later on – of his soldiers. When he enlisted in the IDF in August 2002, a member of the Artillery Corps took part in a brigade commander’s course, but asked to leave the artillery and thus reached the Rescue and Rescue Unit of the Home Front Command, where he was one of the founders of the rescue and rescue company Rotem. Later he went to an officers’ course, which he completed as a model. At the end of the course, he returned to the rescue company and served as a respected platoon commander, and participated in operational activities in the Gaza Strip and the Qalqiliya area, and on many other missions. The young guard even strengthened Amit’s love of the country and its paths, and during his last years in high school, during his five years of military service, he traveled with his friends from the nucleus, and he followed him on the wonderful trips he had planned for them. Water tours, and waterThe many pictures taken during these trips testify to the wonderful moments of happiness he experienced. Unfortunately, the water he so loved, washed away Amit in his prime. On the morning of Saturday, May 12, 2007, Amit and ten other friends went on an abseiling tour of the Qumran River Reserve. It was a hot, dry day. At noon a mighty wave of a flood like no other had broken into the stream, drowning the river in huge clouds of water and dust. Amit was killed in a flood along with three of his friends: Noa Shapira, Dror Koren and Tal Alon. Lieutenant Amit Gottlieb was twenty-three years old when he fell. He was laid to rest in the military cemetery in Rehovot. Survived by parents and sister. In May of this year, on a hot sunny day, eleven friends and a colleague set out for Nahal Qumran in the Judean Desert to learn how to surf the ropes in the huge cliffs – so-called abseiling. Explained that rappelling is very important for those who are supposed to function as rescue and rescue officers, and that he was fortunate enough to be a member of the newly formed Dror Koren commando unit specializing in rappelling raiding and inviting him to take a guided tour of the classic site of learning this skill. If they took into account the danger of floods, he replied that you Qumran is a serious nature reserve and there is no doubt that if there is a fear of flooding, the site will be closed to travelers, and that morning, the reserve was indeed open and allowed our disaster to move towards the cliffs. The stream into a huge cloud of water and dust and killing four of the children, among them Dror Korn and Amit, Amit was a great man, handsome, quiet and introverted, he never pushed himself, always looked at him and recognized his abilities. This was the case when Col. Shalom Ben Aryeh offered him an officer’s course when the end of the course was given. When the course was completed, Commander of the Command Major General Yitzhak Gershon gave him the certificate of honor, and his commander, Colonel Yariv Sandlon, said: In the “Rotem” company. He took part in operational activities in the Gaza Strip and the Qalqiliya area and commanded various operational activities. Amit was one of the pillars of the company, an admired and leading figure, a clever man whose commanders enjoyed his advice. It is evident in its aspiration to perfection of the performance, with a show of seriousness and professionalism worthy of appreciation. Amit will be remembered with love by his commanders, subordinates and friends, thanks to his abundant sense of humor and broad smile. ” One of the female soldiers gave us as a souvenir the book “Warrior of Light” by Paulo Coelho and wrote: ‘To the parents of a colleague, you do not know me but I knew your son. He was the only person who fitted the true warrior’s profile. Your son was a charming person and a role model for all of us. Amit loved this country with great love, and almost every weekend he arranged trips for his friends in various directions, with the emphasis always on water. These days he was supposed to be released, and the big trip he planned was supposed to be for Trans-Israel. Amit was a family man, loved animals, was always surrounded by friends, was a man of humor and played brilliantly on the piano. The knowledge that we will not see him or embrace him makes us mad. ‘ Since the disaster we have known his commanders, his comrades in command and his soldiers, people we had never known before and who were the center of our colleague’s experience. We draw strength and warmth from both his commanders, his commanders and from the IDF support system for bereaved families, and his soldiers cried and said, ‘We followed him with his eyes closed.We are like a father. ‘ This is how we discovered the legacy of our young son who says, ‘If you are a commander or a manager – be connected to your commands in the field, but do not lose your authority’ … I want to end with the words of Asa Kasher who lost his son in the desert disaster: Not among them, so to speak, you are among the dead and I am not among them – as it were. / You are among the dead but part of you lives and you are among the living. / And I am among the living but part of me is dead and I am among the dead. / You are among the dead who are among the living. / And I am among the living who are among the dead. “Meidad, Amit’s father, set up an online blog in his memory: http://medadgottlieb.blogspot.com He also edited the obituaries that were given to Amit in a presentation at http: // images.nana.co.il/SiteFiles/janana/hespedim.pps and prepared three presentations in memory of his beloved son Amit on the Internet: 1. Presentation following the “Elijah for a lost child” by Yehuda Amichai: http://images.nana.co. il / sitefiles / janana / desert.pps 2. http://www.planetnana.co.il/medad/poli.pps 3. http://www.planetnana.co.il/medad/lp.pps Molly Vered, Amit’s friend Shnitzel Basson, prepared a presentation of Amit’s photos and photographs of his work, in which he presents the presentation page: http://omrihecht.com/Amit
