Zambul, Gideon

Gideon, son of Zehava and Yerachmiel, was born on 8 October 1930 in Tel Adashim, where he studied at the elementary school in Tel Adashim and at the Mikve Israel agricultural school, and was one of the senior IDF commanders who fell in the Yom Kippur War . All his life he excelled as an agriculturist and an employee of his land, as an officer and as an excellent commander, as a loving and dedicated family man, as an active member of the moshav and a loyal lover of the land. He had many interests, but the family and the moshav, the army and the security, the only one and the public around him were always at the top of his mind. Gideon was drafted into the IDF in mid-February 1950 and served in the Infantry and Armored Corps during regular service and for many years of regular service and reserve service, Gideon successfully and skillfully transferred all ranks and positions – from a corporal to a lieutenant colonel – from a gunman in a Centurion tank to a deputy brigade commander. He underwent courses and advanced training courses and filled positions as platoon commander, armored company commander, battalion commander and deputy commander. His commanders admired him as an excellent officer with excellent thinking and analysis. He completed all the courses with high grades and earned the prestige of his commanders and the admiration of his subordinates, his apprentices and his soldiers. In the life of the moshav, Gidon worked on developing his and his family’s farm and public work for the public. He was proud of the fruit orchard and the flowering crops he had grown up in, but devoted a great deal of time to the activity as deputy head of the regional council. He set up educational, cultural and sports projects and worked hard to establish the regional university and a large sports center. Tel Adashim and the Council contributed its ideas to the establishment and development of many economic enterprises. Throughout his life, Gideon quickly and frequently replaced the moshavnik clothing in IDF uniform, for his security work, which included courses, training courses, training and training, frontline service, command of combat units in Israel’s wars. Gidon was an optimistic man with a pleasant temperament, a loved one and a wonderful family man, devoted to his home, his wife and four daughters, always willing to help, reach out and listen attentively. He was curious and curious to learn, to learn and to understand the history of each community, the details of his landscape In the Yom Kippur War, Gideon was the deputy commander of the Armored Corps, which fought in the battles against the Syrians in the Golan Heights, and during the battles the brigade commander was wounded and Gideon was called in to fill his place on the 8th of Tishrei 5734 (October 8, 1973). Was killed and killed in his tank during an Armored Corps battle against the Syrians on the “Yehudiya” route near the oil road junction, he was brought to the eternal rest of the cemetery in Tel Adashim and left behind a wife and four daughters. Dayan, that Gideon was an industrious, meticulous, efficient and honest officer, a leader and a model member. A list of Gideon’s ways and figures was published in a booklet entitled “In Memory of Them” in memory of the sons of Tel Adashim who fell in the war; In addition, a booklet was published in his memory called “Gideon”.