Tzuk, Nir

Nir, son of Malka and Haim, was born on September 3, 1955 in Kibbutz Hamadia. He completed his elementary studies at the joint school in Neve Eitan and then completed two years of high school in Neve Eitan. He then moved to the vocational school “Neurim”, where he studied mechanic-mechanical-engineering equipment. He did not excel in his studies and treated them as a duty he had to meet, so he tried to achieve grades as the minimum required not to fail. He was a naughty boy and a lot of pranks, but at the same time he helped a lot of others and gave his time and energy to the public. Whenever he was asked to lend a helping hand to someone or something, he never refused and did his best. So he was loved by his friends, and without his intention he became a sort of leader for his class. After completing two years of study in Neve Eitan, he moved to a boarding school in “Youth”. He is not satisfied with life in “youth.” The distance from home, from family and friends, and from living conditions in the boarding school, and the adjustment to this life were difficult for him. Most of all he loved the practical lessons at school and everything about tractors was very appealing to him. In conversations with his friends, he praised his kibbutz, talked about machinery and tractors, and discussed floriculture. He wanted with all his might to become integrated into the agriculture at the end of his studies. When he returned to the kibbutz, he still had about five months to go to the army, and he began to work in the garden, and after a while he moved to the lorry and gradually progressed seriously and diligently, and grew up quickly and his friends changed his mind. He was the first to come to work, did not refuse to do any work, received everything that was given to him with understanding and will, and always devoted interest and thought to his work. And proved to all that when there is something that interests him and provides him, he can When Nir was drafted into the army at the beginning of May 1973, he was sent to the pilot’s course for a pilot’s course in the air Force. After successfully passing the period of consolidation, it was decided to transfer him to another corps. He volunteered for paratroopers and was sent to basic training in the corps. Even though he was the youngest and thinnest among his friends, he stood in all the exhausting training with dignity and without any complaints or complaints. In a journey of eighty kilometers, most of his friends reached their limit, due to wounds and warts, and there were those who moaned “can not,” while Nir remained silent and smiled and even helped his friends. His commander told him that he was an intelligent young man and in a cross-legged journey he led a squad without any difficulties. He also said that thanks to his qualities, intelligence, and perseverance, he was perfectly suited to be a commander in the paratroopers. When the Yom Kippur War broke out, Nir’s company was sent to Sinai to participate in the pursuit of Egyptian commando soldiers from the sea. On the tenth day of Tishrei 5734 (October 11, 1973), after returning from pursuit of Abu-Rhodes, an enemy aircraft entered and bombed the camp. Nir was hit and killed on the spot. He was laid to rest in the cemetery in Kibbutz Hamadia. Survived by his parents, two brothers and a sister. After being shot down, he was given the rank of corporal. In one of the letters of condolence he received, his friend wrote: “Two bombs hit the building where Nir was and he fell instantly without pain, the pain left us, his friends who are in pain and his commanders weeping. His family and Kibbutz Hamadia published a booklet in his memory containing details of his life history, excerpts from his words and remarks about his characterWho told friends and family.