Son of Sima and Ephraim., Nir was born on 26 February 1976 in Petah Tikva. A cute and sensitive child who loved his sister Tali, who was three years older than him, was friendly and loved to help his friends. Nir studied at the David Shimoni elementary school and at the Brenner junior high school, where he was elected as a member of the student council of the school and of the municipal council of students, and he was especially interested in books and books on Eretz Israel. In addition to his involvement in the social field, he was an outstanding player in the basketball teams of the schools and in the Maccabi youth team in Petach Tikva, where he won many medals and medals, and Nir studied at the vocational school “Amal” “B, in the scientific-technological class, a good student who also devoted time to guiding the children of the immigrants Who had taught basketball for a year, was a loyal friend of his girlfriend, Liat Kochavi, who was a loving and caring son for all his family – his grandparents, his sister and his parents, and a loving and loyal son for his people and his homeland. At the beginning of August 1994, he was drafted into the IDF. He chose, out of awareness and a sincere desire and without external influence, to serve in a combat unit and volunteered for the Shimshon unit of the undercover unit. After a period, due to the reduction of the unit, his unit was transferred to serve in Lebanon. Nir was among the founders of the new “Egoz” reconnaissance unit. He served as a machine gunner, a position he filled with all devotion and seriousness. It was important for him to go with his team and other teams to Lebanon to protect the residents of the north. His commanders described him as a model soldier who stood out in his cleverness, the peace of mind, and the calm that radiated around him. Nir never complained about his service in the IDF, he loved his role and his friends in the unit, he was ready to go out to the field every time he was called, and he never evaded his army service, and he participated in Operation Grapes of Wrath on 15 Tevet 5757 24.12.1996) Nir went with his friends to an operational activity in Lebanon, and on the way back to Israel, the commander deviated from the planned route without reporting it and without receiving permission. Serious command errors stemming from the mistaken discretion of the commander of the force, Sergeant Nir and his colleague Captain Yossi Levi were killed. Nir was laid to rest in the military cemetery in Petah Tikva. He was twenty years old when he fell. Survived by his parents and sister. In the forest of the defenders, on the way to Jerusalem, a monument was erected in his memory: “A Nirvana in memory of Nir Gendelberg / a child, the light of his house / youth, his homeland, his love / man, his country, his love / man, his land is sacred in his blood. / Fell in Lebanon / December 24, 1996 “. The director of the Shimoni School remembers Nir from his studies: “We will remember the shameful smile, the modest walk, the quiet talk, the need to contribute, to help, the endless curiosity … We will remember him as a mediator among the hawks at basketball games. Quietly in the corridors, picking up paper, arranging a chair, remembering it as a gift we received, and now we have to bring it back … “
