Maayan, Hagai

Son of Reuven and Leah. Born on August 9, 1952 in Kibbutz Magen, he studied at the kibbutz elementary school and completed his studies at the educational institution of Kibbutz Magen “Ma’aleh Habesor” in which he was a member of the “Hatzav” group. He was a kibbutznik in blood, loved his kibbutz and saw it as a life-calling. After studying frameworks in Belgium, where he was there with his parents on a mission, he found a large operating ground in the carpentry workshop of the kibbutz and soon became one of the pillars of the industry. He built agricultural tools of his design and perfected the achievements of the metalwork shop. He was a gifted athlete and participated in the national team of Hapoel Nirim. He collected stamps and left behind a great collection of coins. During his free time he used to paint and in a metal workshop he designed and built magnificent metal sculptures. He also played the guitar for his enjoyment and enjoyment of his friends. He traveled extensively with the Kibbutzim Brigade and already excelled in physical fitness and willingness to help others. Hagai enlisted in the IDF in the middle of February 1971 and volunteered to serve in the Paratroopers’ Paratroopers Brigade, during which he completed a parachuting course, a course for trapper drivers, a course for snipers, a sniper course and a training course. From a military-professional standpoint, he excelled in technical ability and quick perception, he tried and managed to be the best, and all his friends knew that if there was a soldier who always knew what to do in difficult situations, this was Hagai, the “racial” He was always ready to help his friends, and on the tasks and exercises he would load the heavy “Mag” and the crates of action onto his shoulders and skip the Hess On 10 June 1973, Sergeant Hagai fell in battle, during an IDF raid on a terrorist headquarters in Beirut, and was brought on a stretcher on a stretcher, For a rest in the civil cemetery in Kibbutz Magen, and his unit commander wrote in a letter of condolence to the family: “Hagai was very much loved by his teammates and commanders. We knew him as a good soldier – strong in his body and personality, quiet and withdrawn, full of initiative and energy above the routine functions performed by everyone. “On the seventh day of his death, Kibbutz Magen published a pamphlet dedicated to his memory.