Sergeant First Class (res.) Gavriel Bloom, 27, from Beit Shemesh, son of Jennifer and David (who moved to Ramat Beit Shemesh in the early days of its establishment )was a 36th Division engineering soldier. He was killed in an explosion near a strategic tunnel in the central Gaza Strip. The explosion, caused by a sudden detonation of explosive material. He was buried at Har Herzl, and is survived by his parents and five siblings. He was eulogized by the Mayor of Bet Shemesh and Rabbis from Yeshivat "Amit Nachshon," which he had attended
He moved to Beersheba, a few years before he was killed, in order to study mechanical engineering at the Sami Shamoon College of Engineering. There he met the love of his life, Miri Lipovski, with whom he spent his last year and a half. They planned to marry and raise a family in Beersheba.
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