Rosenthal, Gad-Alexander

Son of Shimon and Orzola. Born on 15 August 1949 in Rishon Letzion, Gad attended the Haviv school and after graduating from the Gymnasium in Rishon LeZion was a diligent and talented student. Full of joy of life, pleasant and pleasant conversation, and immediately after completing high school he was drafted into the IDF; That was in August 1967. The army opened up new horizons. He grew up in physical and combat fitness and excelled in security missions. Served as a liaison officer in the Sinai and the Arava. He never complained about exhausting training and accepted everything with love and understanding. He was lively, bold and brave. There was always the smile on his lips; It was a smile of love of life. He loved the good, for he was good, and also the worst he had ever loved. Even when he complained, the smile was not on his face; He had the same smile in irritation and irritation. After completing his military service, he said that he would continue to study in the vine-wine profession and follow his father’s path, which he runs at a winery in Rishon Letzion and a chief winemaker. However, during one patrol of the IDF, he was hit and killed by a landmine planted on a dirt road in the area of ​​Be’er Menucha on January 29, 1969. He was laid to rest at the cemetery in Rishon Letzion. Only two weeks before he fell, he received a badge of appreciation from his commanding officer for his resourcefulness, initiative, and stickiness. The ceremony was dedicated to the memory of the three radio operators – Gad-Alexander Rosenthal, Ofer Tishbi and Yaakov Reinzelber – who fell while carrying out their duties in the Arava, among other things that the commander of the unit sent to his parents in a letter of condolences to them Wrote: “We accompanied Gadi for a long time during his service in our unit. And we knew him as a warrior of the first rank who had not deterred him – a fine example of his diligence, his degree of responsibility and his credibility. It was acceptable to his commanders and his companions, and his neat and neat appearance was always charming. The death of Gad z “l filled our Lev and the Lev of his comrades sorrow and sorrow over the loss of a friend and a warrior, whose Lev throbbed with the love of people, the people and the homeland on whose mission he gave his life.