Posner, Gideon

Gideon, son of Paulina and Charles Posner, was born on October 8, 1974 in Tel Aviv-Yaffo. On 28 February 1997, the helicopter disaster occurred when two Yasur helicopters collided over Moshav Shear Yashuv. The seventy-three fighters, who made their way to operational activity in Lebanon, were killed, including Gideon. He was twenty-two years old when he fell. He was laid to rest in the military section of the Kfar Saba cemetery. Survived by his parents and brother. Gideon was promoted to the rank of Staff Sergeant after his fall.