Gideon Eilat

Gideon Eilat
Born(1924-01-17)17 January 1924
Königsberg, East Prussia, Weimar Germany
Died21 April 2015(2015-04-21) (aged 91)
Afula
AllegiancePalmach

Gideon (Gidi) Eilat (1924–2015) was a former member of the Palmach, commander of the third battalion of the Yiftach Brigade during the 1947–1949 Palestine war. He was active in the Kibbutz Artzi movement, one of the founders of the Civil Guard of the Israel Police Department, and a member of Kibbutz Beit Alfa.

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