Tirosh (Reif), Avi

Son of Joseph and Golda. He was born on March 27, 1935 in Givat Haim. Brother to Esther and Naomi. When he reached school age, he attended elementary and high school in Givat Haim Meuhad. During leisure hours, he has a lot to do with social and public activities, to play flute, to play sports and to travel in Israel. In 1954, he was drafted into the IDF and returned to the kibbutz, where he worked in agriculture and held public and community functions, and in the Six Day War he was drafted into reserve duty. On the second day of the fighting, on the 26th of Iyar 5727 (June 6, 1967), he took part in the conquest of Jenin and then in the battle for the conquest of Dotan Valley.In this battle, on the northern slopes of the valley My father was brought to burial in the military cemetery in Haifa and after a while was transferred to eternal rest in Givat Haim And left a wife – a song and three children – a three-month-old boy named Basmat, a wave and dust, and a memorial book, “Avi,” was published in memory of his father. “My father’s name is mentioned in a booklet in memory of the heroes of the” Barak Formation “that the brigade issued and in a booklet published by Hakibbutz Hameuhad called” Those Who Fell in the War. “