Tsuriano, Gil

Son of Leah and Chaim. Born on 12.4.1973 in Afula, the youngest son of a family of four, Gil’s childhood and adolescence took place in his hometown, where he attended the Beit Ze’ev Elementary School, junior high and high school, Ben-Gurion. “Gil was a handsome, handsome young man with a charming and captivating smile, who had a wonderful youthful attitude, was an outstanding basketball player, trained and played in the national league. Gil continued to volunteer for the Air Force’s rescue unit, and after the tests, the test And formulating the special unit was received. Age could join up other elite units. He chose the airborne rescue unit. At the beginning of December 1991 was drafted into compulsory military service age. He completed his infantry training and began the special course for this unit: a paramedics course, a rescue fighter training, a shallow water dive and a infantry commander’s course On August 10, 1992, Was killed in a training accident in the Negev during a rescue operation for the wounded, while Corporal Asaf Rosenberg, Gil’s best friend, was killed. Gil was brought to rest in the military cemetery in Afula. Survived by his parents, his brother David and two sisters – Tal and Rachel.