Son of Yael and Jonathan. He was born on 13.5.1976 in Jerusalem, the middle of the three children, brother to Sharon and Dan. At the age of thirteen, Gilad described himself as an infant: “I was a starving baby from the moment I was born, and I stunned my parents and everyone around me when I got 60 grams more at the hospital, when all the other babies usually lose weight. When I went to the doctor at the age of seven weeks, I turned over from the table and made a serious roll. My Mom caught me at the last minute. ” Gilad was discovered as a people lover and natural leader, who was already socially prominent in kindergarten. He began his studies at the Giv’at Gonen Elementary School in Jerusalem (a school founded in the spirit of the values of the labor movement) and graduated from the Boyar High School where he studied in the biological track. Gilad is endowed with excellent expression and high self-awareness, and he wrote: “Today I am a regular child like everyone else … My love today is mainly sports, basketball, fun, I like to do my hobbies as much as possible, because that’s how I let go of my tension and solve some of my problems … My description of my childhood as a little boy has changed somewhat, and this can be seen from the following data: The height of the day is six feet, Brown eyes, devilish look … “. From a young age, Gilad enjoyed sport: In the first grade, he began playing tennis and continued for three years. In the fourth grade he moved to basketball – until the 11th grade he played for the Hapoel Jerusalem Youth Division and in the last three years of his studies belonged to the basketball team of his school, which won the Jerusalem School Championship in basketball. “I’m six-eight and still a dwarf. Playing basketball five times a week. “Gilad loved basketball, aspired to advance in the field and develop a career as a professional player, but when he realized that he could no longer develop in that direction he stopped playing and continued to be involved in the group’s life as a fan. During the high school years, he acquired new friends and relatives who called themselves the “messengers.” The friends tell of Gilad, who was an amazing conversationalist, a loyal friend, a source of support and support. In the people he loved so much, Gilad loved the house, loved the friends and loved his girlfriend Dana wrote about him and his brother Dan: “You were always listening. First of all, you listened and advised, only later would you tell what you were going through. You, who were in the line, fighting for your life and our lives, were first of all listening to my problems at school, to everyone’s various love problems, and to a whole lot of other things that are small compared to what you went through. But you treated my problems and ours with amazing importance. Always talking to you, on the phone and face to face, would begin with ‘How are you, brother? What’s going on? Tell me what’s going on? ‘ You were my proportions man and some of your friends. Always when I was upset by something, or when I was crying from the losses of Hapoel Jerusalem in basketball, you would bring me back to the ground and remind me of the really difficult problems. You always helped me solve problems after you said to me, ‘First of all, take it in the right spirit and remember that it is fluid and solvable. Now I’ll tell you what I think about the problem. ‘ You loved the little joys in life, you liked to eat well and dress well, and in the family you were the address to where to spend and what to see and eat and many timesYou would advise us from Lebanon. Every conversation you would end up with ‘my brother’ (with a Yemenite woman), I love you. ‘ Always, in any situation, you did not spare your love for us for a moment. “Gilad was a humanist in all his senses. He hated wars and preferred solutions of peace. His sensitivity to the other man was expressed, among other things, in his serious attitude toward social problems: always protect the weak and make sure that he was done with them. He participated in a Magen David Adom course and, for a time, engaged in volunteer activity. He often spoke of his desire to be a great writer and study philosophy, although he did not rule out the possibility of being a businessman. After the matriculation exams, Gilad and his friend Morley left for a month and a half in Europe. The two traveled in England, France and the Netherlands, and Gilad experienced joy of every moment. He enjoyed the encounter with a new culture, music and entertainment. Gilad loved life and knew how to exhaust it. At the end of November 1994, Gilad enlisted in the IDF and was sent to the combat paramedics course, completing a one-and-a-half-year course, serving as a combat soldier and a medic in the Nahal Brigade’s engineering corps. His mental strength protected him in difficult situations. He was also supposed to fill this position during the week in which his life was severed. Was supposed to last for a long time in Lebanon. On the evening of the 28th of Shvat 577 (February 4, 1997), the helicopter disaster occurred when two Yasur helicopters collided over Moshav Shear Yashuv, and the seventy-three fighters, who made their way to operational activity in Lebanon, They say: “On the list of people to be sent to the helicopter that was caught in a disaster, a list found in the commander’s pocket, Gilad’s name was mistakenly recorded twice. As a result, they mistakenly believed that the helicopter was full when, in fact, there was only one place left, and the last soldier was sent back to his home. And so, in his death, Gilad, who has faith in saving lives, saved another soul in Israel, this time through the double use done by his name. “Gilad was brought to eternal rest in the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem. “Gilad – the introductions, the captivating shyness, Gilad – the curiosity, the cleverness, the alertness Gilad – the critique of that everything you were with, everything that was around you. Gilad the paramedic, The sharp eye, the deep observation into the heart of a man, Gilad – the conversation, another conversation, and another, and endless tolerance. ” The military radio station Galei Tzahal produced a program to commemorate the fallen in the helicopter disaster. Gilad’s mother took part in the program and told about the last week of his life: “Giladi, in the last week of your life, on vacation at home, you were happy and tried to exhaust everything, you ate with Dan and me at Eldad and it was sorry that you ordered fish and not steak.” On Sunday, towards the end of the vacation, we discovered scraps of ” You bought a system with excellent speakers so you could listen to the music you loved, you spent time with Dad, you talked to Sharon for the first time since you left for India, you were with all of us, You were with your friends and you were with Dana, your Dana, whom I loved so much” Many actions were taken to commemorate Gilad: The family produced a video called “Another Touch,” in the name of Gilad’s favorite song by Natasha’s Friends. The film was screened at the Jerusalem Cinematheque to relatives, acquaintances and friends. A gym, built in Boyar School and inaugurated in March 1999, was donated by the family, relatives and friends, and is called “Gilad’s Room”. In the spring of 1997, a memorial ceremony was held in the hall of the Hapoel youth basketball division in Jerusalem, followed by a basketball game in memory of Gilad, in which the Boyer team played in the 1994-1993 games against the Hapoel youth team in Jerusalem.
