Lavie (Levinson), Gil (redhead)
Gil (red), son of Shulamit and Abraham, was born on June 19, 1930 in Ein Harod. He studied at the elementary school and at the high school in the country, and later studied at the Oranim Seminar in Tivon and at Tel Aviv University. The first person to call Gil the “redhead” was Wingate, who at the time was in Ein Harod and commanded his “Night Squads”. Gil was then eight years old and served as an amulet for the British soldiers of the company. Wingate was known for his love for children and Gil spent more time with the company than he did in class. The Welsh soldiers in the company called him Kelt, thinking of him as a Welshman like them, because of his red hair and freckles in his face. Gil had a rich imagination and a unique invention. He was a big mischievous, adventurous and adventurous. He had a thinner sense of humor, liked to joke and joking, and his jokes had the color of imitations. His friends say that Kundasiya and Arama were mixed up in his actions. They had never seen him sad and nervous; He had peace and self-confidence, but he was far from arrogance and pride. He was very energetic, alert and full of vitality, very stubborn and meticulous in carrying out every task and succeeding in whatever challenge he set for himself. Curious, critical and disobedient, very intelligent and examining every matter with a thoughtful, deep thought. Gil began his military service in the ranks of the Haganah and took part in Operation Hiram to liberate the Galilee. He was drafted into the IDF in early January 1950 and took part in a course for infantry trainees, a course for infantry sergeants and a course for reconnaissance commanders, and was an outstanding soldier who was responsible for and dedicated to his position. “Sinai” and participated in the war in 1967, and was awarded the “Six Day War.” In 1954 he married his girlfriend Aya, and eventually they had two sons and a daughter, and a loyal son of his parents, a devoted husband to his wife and a loving father to his children. There were many hobbies: he was an avid sports enthusiast and he loved gymnastics on instruments, horseback riding, swimming and diving, and he read many books in the natural sciences and in He also loved dancing, but most of all he loved to travel, in Israel and abroad, in remote places, to wander around and look at landscapes and people who came to him on his way. Where he spent a lot of energy and many hours of work on behalf of the Department for International Cooperation and was sent to Senegal where he spent four years as a guide in the field of bee-keeping, and when the Yom Kippur War broke out Gil was on a trip with his family and friends in Sharm el-Sheikh. Stabilized there and was sent to the front in the Golan Heights. He took part in the braking battles against the Syrians, and in the battle that took place on the 11th of Tishrei 5734 (11.10.1973) east of Yosifon Mountain, a direct hit shell hit his armored personnel carrier and Gil was killed on the spot and was brought to eternal rest at the Ein Harod cemetery. He was followed by a wife, two sons and a daughter, a father, two brothers and two sisters, and was raised to the rank of sergeant in a letter of condolence to the bereaved family: “Gil was a good and loyal soldier.
