Gideon Rivlin
Jan 12, 2005 - Gideon Rivlin, 50, of Ganei Tal was killed and three IDF soldiers were wounded when a bomb was detonated as a military vehicle patroled the route near Morag in the southern Gaza Strip. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack.
On the morning of January 12, 2005, three IDF soldiers and an Israeli civilian, Gideon Rivlin, were patroling the greenhouses of the Israeli community of Morag in an IDF vehicle, in order to guard civil engineering works being done in the area. A terrorist cell infiltrated the area of the greenhouses after cutting the fence surrounding it and activated an explosive device at the patroling IDF vehicle, killing Rivlin, moderately wounding an IDF officer and lightly wounding two soldiers. After the device was detonated the terrorists opened fire. An IDF force arriving at the scene following the explosion identified one of the terrorists and opened fire, killing him. A second terrorist was killed in the course of searches in the area. Five explosive devices were discovered during the search, and were neutralized.
Gideon Rivlin, who has lived in Gush Katif since 1978, was employed by the Gaza Coast Regional Council, responsible for the construction of security fences in the area. He and his wife Simha settled in Gush Katif shortly after their marriage, living at first in a converted bus in Kfar Darom. While homes were being built in Ganei Tal, Gideon and the other families built greenhouses to grow flowers, which became his specialty. Later he devoted his efforts to building security fences, both in Gush Katif and in the Hebron area.
Gideon Rivlin was buried in the Gush Katif cemetery. He is survived by his wife, Simha, four sons and a daughter - Nir, Yaara, Omer, Assaf and Gilad.