Kalmaro, Gabriel (Kalman)

Ben Daniela and Daniel. He was born on 28 March 1951 in Rehovot, where he studied at the Geulim Elementary School and at the ORT High School in Jerusalem, and in early 1970 he was drafted into the IDF and was assigned to the Ordnance Corps . At the end of basic training he underwent professional courses and served as a rider mechanic, as a foreman, rider and rider, and attained the rank of advanced sergeant. In the assessment of his commander, Gabi was a good disciplined professional, consistent in his approach, and performed his duties with dedication. Strict in fulfilling his duties, aspires to independence and is acceptable to his friends. In August 1973, Gabi joined the ranks of the career army. In the evaluation of his officers, he stated that he was “against a professional, highly motivated, responsible, devoted to his work and contributing to a positive atmosphere in his environment. Gabi received signals of his participation in the Yom Kippur War and in Operation Peace for the Galilee. On January 1, 1992, Gabi fell during his service. He was forty-one years old when he fell. He was laid to rest in the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem. Survived by his parents, brother – Yossi, and three nephews – Rotem, Talia and Daniel whom he loved. Brother Yossi is hurting his brother’s death: “It’s hard to see your face every day from the frame of the picture and not to remember the beautiful period I went through with you, every Shabbat I waited for the smile and the love you gave me. The Yom Kippur War enabled me to serve with Gabi under the command of the 8th Brigade in which he served, I searched for him with the half-track, and he searched for me with the Egyptian half-track, In a meeting in the circumstances of that war near Ta’az “Mitzvah” in the Sinai in the dunes, I had a whole world Aga and love. And I saw the love of all the soldiers around him, I had my brigade overcame dislodged me boldness commands after the encirclement of the Egyptian. Liked on the army and on like soldiers. The army was his and tanks and Htom”tim he handled were his sons. I wrote these short sentences four years after you died, because it was impossible for me to express my tears in words … Hello brother Gabi. “