Tzur, Arnon

Son of-Eliezer and Ahuva. Was born on October 24, 1948) at Sha’ar Hagolan, at the height of the War of Independence. He studied in the Kinneret Valley in the Jordan Valley and as a boy walked the paths of the educational institution and on his young shoulders bore the burden of guidance of the Hashomer Hatzair branch in Tiberias. He had a knack for painting (in his estate there were many oil paintings and sketches) and the passion of a creative artist, but at the same time possessed the wisdom of a man of great experience and resourcefulness. Arnon was drafted into the IDF in August 1967. He excelled in a course for officers and officers and stood out as a model commander and a courageous fighter. In daily life and in times of emergency, he excelled in exemplary devotion and evil. He would fulfill his duties with fullness and resourcefulness. At the end of the month of Marchhshon 5709, Arnon was injured in a large ambush of Egyptian soldiers in the Suez Canal area, anticipating this encounter and heading towards it with his head held high and proud and courageous On the 22nd of November 1969, two weeks later, “Arnon was ready to meet face to face with the enemy.” – In the exchange of fire Arnon was alert and confident, ordered to evacuate him last and to bandage the other wounded beforehand . – I knew that his wounds were mortal but I believed that Arnon would be able to overcome the impossible – – – from his first day he did everything he could. We found in it a ‘sabra’ of the settlement movement, the word ‘mission’ did not need to explain to him. We quickly met him as a vigorous, responsible and entrepreneurial man, a soldier of extraordinary ability. There was something special about him that might be difficult to define: maybe it was grace, perhaps kindness, or kindness, and perhaps all of them joined him and became an endless smile. His friends admired him – – – I had a great future in the unit – – – When I visited him after a period of several days to descend to the canal line and found him Simcha, I think here passed the happiest period in his life. Here Arnon knew that he might face the greatest challenges to an officer like him. He was astonishing to do everything in the brief period when he was an officer. Here Arnon was the educator, a stylist, an example of an officer willing to volunteer for any mission. A new spirit of life entered the company, a young leadership that transcended its obligations. Arnon loved life, but he knew what it was and knew there was no life “On the morning of November 6, 1969, Lieutenant Arnon was commander of a tour of the northern sector of the Suez Canal,” he said in a letter of appreciation to the family. . During the tour, when Arnon accompanied by an explorer, they moved forward to inspect the road, suddenly encountered landmines and at the same time discovered an enemy force ambushed the embankment. When the ambush was discovered, Arnon jumped into a hole, opened fire, and threw grenades at enemy soldiers. While opening fire, he even warned the patrol members behind him not to board mines. His courage, his devotion to the mission, to the point of endangering his life, and his swift action prevented further casualties and thwarted the plans of the enemy ambush. “A booklet entitled” Arnon “was published and consisted mainly of letters of his own and a selection of his paintings, In various places: at the Uri and Rami Nehushtan home in Ashdot Yaakov Meuhad, at the Beit Israel Philharmonic in the Kibbutz “Hazorea”, in the Degania Bet group, at the ZOA House in Tel Aviv and at Yad Labanim in Petach Tikvah; – Jordan “Kinrot”, included things in his memory.