Horowitz, Zvi

Zvi (Tzvika), son of Tzfora and Israel (Selek), was born on April 16, 1948. He studied at the elementary school in the kibbutz and continued his studies at the Gilboa educational institution in Beit Alpha. “He was serious, but he was not absent from life and cheerfulness. It was very straight. “He was a member of the Hashomer Hatzair youth movement and after graduating from high school, he served as a counselor for a year in the” Hashomer Hatzair “youth movement in Beit She’an, where he was a member of the Gadna Air Force. He liked listening to music and visiting concerts, reading and watching theater. Was a little taciturn and introverted but open to any novelty. It was joined together by reason and created the investigation and the constant aspiration to get to the roots of things, the ability to think and reason, wisdom and honesty, modesty and humility. Zvi was drafted into the Israel Defense Forces in August 1967 and volunteered for the IAF, where he completed an advanced aviation course, a flight instructor course, and a parachuting course, and his commanders testified that he was “very thorough, . He was an alert and serious officer, reliable and quiet, devoted to his job and a very responsible, proactive and efficient pilot. A few years after he was discharged from military service, he studied for one year at the Faculty of Science at Tel Aviv University, where he wrote: “There was a mixture of seriousness and sense – humor. He had personal and professional potential that was not enough to reach his full expression. “On October 7, 1973, Zvi was killed in an attack on the Golan Heights:” He was number 1. Our mission was to attack the Syrian tank units. When we walked over it we realized that we were already ahead of us. At the Rafid Junction, Zvi noticed the concentration of an enemy vehicle and asked permission to attack him. During the attack, his plane was hit by a missile and he was killed on the spot. “Zvi was brought to eternal rest in the Masilot cemetery, where he left behind a father, mother, brother and sister. Which he needed, or seemed essential, to serve as a model for even the older. He performed his tasks with devotion, courage, and devotion. With all his seriousness and maturity, he had a tender tenderness and soul. In the war, he was quiet, serious, thorough, confident, and with his characteristic willingness to perform his tasks with precision. “Kibbutz Mesilot published a pamphlet in his memory, including memoirs, letters, poems and photographs, Tel Aviv University Awarded a student scholarship to a physics student in his memory.