Nathanson, Gideon (“Gidi”)

Son of Zvi and Irma. He was born on September 25, 1942 in Kfar Malal. He graduated from elementary school in Ramatayim and later moved with his parents to Ramat HaTayasim (near Yad Eliahu) where he began studying at the ORT vocational school in the field of electric power. Excelled in his studies with a passion that he discovered and spent his spare time in the Hashomer Hatzair branch. In the movement, he was instructed to train young members of the group and he played this role with love. He completed his studies one year before most of the members of the group (Reshef) finished his studies, so he joined more friends and together they established the commune in Ramat Gan. In October 1961 he was drafted into the IDF and after the basic training he left for Nirim and Gideon was sent for training, and he went on advanced training with the instructors from the “Reshef” group and from the paratroop brigade to Beit Nir. Every once in a while he would go to reserve duty. Gideon worked in the agriculture in all branches of electricity. Worked in radio installations and came to design electrical systems for the new homes. Beit Nir became his home when he brought his wife to the farm. In those days he made preparations to go to the Hebrew Technion in Haifa and study electrical engineering there, a profession he loved, but then the war broke out and made all his plans. With his entire brigade, Gideon went to Jerusalem and on the second day of the battles of the Six-Day War, on the 27th of Iyar 5727 (June 6, 1967), fell in a battle at the mortar post in Wadi Joz. He was killed by a Jordanian sniper when he tried to rescue wounded comrades when he left at the head of his cell. He put down a wife. He was laid to rest in the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem. For his dedication, courage, spirit of volunteerism and devotion to his final moments, a commendation by the brigade commander. In the booklet 53 of them, which was published by the Kibbutz Artzi in memory of its fallen comrades, its history was included, as well as in the book “Mariam Gabro” by the Paratroopers Command.