Was born on October 2, 1949, in Kibbutz Shoval in the Negev, which was established before the War of Independence, And later settled in the center of Tel Aviv, where he grew up and grew up in the elementary school of “Ahad Ha’am” and the Geula high school, he belonged to Hashomer Hatzair, played basketball in the Hapoel youth team in Tel Aviv, He also played basketball when he grew up and moved to Moshav Talmei Menashe, where he liked to take photographs, leaving behind his handsome photo album, and in October 1967 he joined the IDF and served in the Paratroopers Brigade. As an agile athlete, gifted with talent, and highly motivated to serve the country, Ran emerged as a brave and resourceful fighter. He fought in the War of Attrition and was with the force that invaded the island of Shadwan and the island of Green in Egypt. He also participated in the pursuit of the Jordan Valley and the raid in Beirut. As a fighter in the paratroopers, he underwent a series of courses. In November 1968, he was promoted to the rank of corporal, and in July 1969 he rose to the rank of sergeant, and in one of the parachuting maneuvers he was hit in the leg and transferred to an intelligence unit of the paratroopers. In October 1970, Ran was discharged from the IDF and began studying at Tel Aviv University, where he studied general history and the history of the Jewish people, and studied law in the evenings and found time to work and support himself. On the day he went to the front, he managed to marry his wife, and when he returned to the university he moved to Moshav Talmei Menashe near Ramle, and his two children were born in Tel Aviv. He was an independent lawyer, and during this period he showed diligence and work ability He was involved in public affairs, was active in sports, and was very interested in social and political processes in the country, was aware of social justice and offered legal help to his neighbors in the moshav. And on the eve of the war in Lebanon, he was called up for reserve duty, fought in the eastern sector and advanced towards the Beirut-Damascus road, and on June 11, 1982, his unit felt the need for an armored force that was caught in a Syrian ambush and suffered heavy losses . A Sagger missile fired from a Syrian tank hit him and Ran was wounded by mortal wounds. He was 32 when he died. Ran was laid to rest at the military cemetery in Kiryat Shaul in Tel Aviv. He left behind a wife, son, daughter, parents and brother. The defense minister wrote to his family: “Ran served in the Paratroopers Brigade, participated in the War of Attrition, in the raid on the island of Shadan and on the island of Green, in a raid on Beirut and in the crackers in the Jordan Valley. Calm and joking even in moments of tension and battle, until he was injured when the Sagger missiles were fired. ” The commander of his unit wrote to his family: “Your son fell north of the town of Rashidiya in eastern Lebanon, in a battle with the Syrian forces, when the Paratroopers Brigade in which he served rushed to the armored corps. Ran fell when he was hit by shrapnel from a Syrian missile. A period of nine years of service in the brigade as a noncommissioned intelligence officer since his establishment in the Yom Kippur War, and during his years of service in the brigade, he was discovered as an honest man and a model member who takes care of everyone else and is willing to help each of his friends. To perform any task assigned to his unit, due to its contentThese nieces, because of the sense of humor and the naughty spirit that accompanied him in all his activities, acquired many members of his commanders and among his unit members. “A basketball court was named after him in Moshav Talmei Menashe.
