Ziadah, Ziad

Born on March 1, 1963 in the Druze village of Yanuh, in the western Galilee, to a large family of children. Ziad attended school in the village and then went to work to help support the large family. During this period he had many friends, and he was active in the youth house in the village. Ziad took part in activities and courses held at the Youth House, where he acquired friends and became fond of them. He was kind and acceptable to people of all ages in his village. In 1981 Ziad was drafted into the IDF and volunteered for a combat unit, serving in the infantry battalion during the Peace for Galilee war in the central sector, and later in the eastern sector. Ziad took part in the effort to stand up to the Syrians during a difficult period of multiple incidents and in very difficult weather. He was then transferred to battalion headquarters and served in administrative positions. Usually, Ziad went out to secure trucks on their way to the attack stations. Ziad’s commander says that he knew him as a responsible and dedicated soldier. Thanks to his virtues, he succeeded in becoming fond of his commanders and comrades in arms and contributed to the formation of a team spirit. On the day of his death Ziad was ordered to distribute diesel fuel to the outposts. On the morning of that day, he heard from his friend, who had returned from a vacation, that his father had had a car accident. He asked to go out to his house, but not before handing out the diesel. Indeed, Ziad went out to do his job and was soon killed, when the truck he was traveling in was overturned. He fell in the line of duty on 5.3.1984. Ziyad was 21 years old, married, and was preparing to leave the IDF to build a house in the village and join him in the work He was brought to rest in the cemetery in the village of Yanuh and left behind a wife, parents and seven brothers and sisters