Haran, Gil

Gil, son of Greta and Dr. Otto, of blessed memory, was born on 10.10.1948 in Ramat Gan. His parents immigrated from Austria, bringing home a central European culture based on beauty, justice and fairness. The child grew up in a deep belief in the pure values ​​of Zionism and moral values ​​and art, for his father was a painter and his older brother was involved in sculpture. From childhood, Gil dreamed of being a pilot. As a boy, he used to read the Air Force journal enthusiastically and was interested in getting to the pilot’s course. After graduating from elementary school, he was accepted to ORT Yad-Singalovski and studied electronic engineering. During his studies, he was active in the scouts movement in Ramat Gan, and in the course of his life his name emerged as an excellent guide, and his commanders finished praising his ability in training. Gil was a lively and energetic lad, with a thin, slender body and intelligent blue eyes, good and cheerful. He used to run around Ramat Gan on a black motorcycle – from the spectators and the spectators. The whole town seemed to know him, his energy, his smile and his great charm. Until he went to the army, he completed his studies as an electronics engineer. Gil was drafted into the Israel Defense Forces in early February 1968 and assigned to the Israel Air Force, where he was put on the tough tests and sent to an aviation course, but like many other good people, he was diverted after the first stage of the course to a navigators course. He graduated from the course and then went on a parachuting course, and his mother did not have time to see the wings being given to her son, and she died when he was in the first stage of the course. An officer who is suitable for command and training positions to a very large extent, with a desire to promote things that he is responsible for, an operation His work is well done, he is comfortable at work, and he is kind, an officer who is proactive and responsible, a very positive personal example, acceptable and acceptable to his subordinates, honest and independent, with excellent training and guidance. “Even when he was transferred to staff positions, He was sent to the United States in 1973. After completing his term there, he toured the United States throughout the country, and returned full of impressions and experiences, which he told with great skill and humor. In August 1973, Gil married his girlfriend Esther. Two months earlier, his father had died. When the Yom Kippur War broke out Gil was sent as a navigator for operational missions on the northern front. On October 21, 1973, his plane was hit and lost. He was considered missing for many months, even though it appeared to have been identified in photographs taken by Syrian television. For months his wife and his brother hoped that he would return to live. But their expectations were cruelly disappointed when it became clear that Gil had fallen. His body was returned by the Syrians and he was brought to rest in the Kiryat Shaul cemetery. He left behind a wife and a brother. After his fall, he was promoted to captain. The IDF planted a tree in the forest in the name of Gil, and he lived in the memory of dozens of his friends and comrades.