Zalman (Aryeh Zalmanovich) late, resident of Kibbutz Nir Oz, father to Boaz and Yoav, grandfather to five grandchildren. One of the founders of the kibbutz. Contact with Aryeh was cut off at 09:30, on Saturday, when he spoke to the family for the last time. He was born in Haifa and arrived For a kibbutz with Nahal nucleus. A man of the land, a farmer at heart, he was engaged in agriculture and field crops, specialized in growing wheat under the conditions of the Negev. In recent years, he continued to wear his work clothes every morning and go out on a scooter to drink coffee and hang out with the young farmers. A man of books with a wide knowledge of the history and knowledge of the country. Gone without the glasses and the hearing aid. On 1.12.23 Kibbutz Nir Oz announced his murder. His body is held by Hamas