Supt. Avi Zidon, 50, deputy head of the patrol unit at the Ofakim police station, was killed on October 7 battling Hamas terrorists in Moshav Pri Gan. Avi insisted on staying in Pri Gan alone to battle the terrorists while the security chief evacuated the wounded officer. He was shot dead shortly afterward. Avi was buried on October 11 in Kibbutz Gvulot. He is survived by his wife Efrat, two children, Roni, 14, and Eyal, 11, and his brother, Adi.