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Gad Krol

Gadi Krol is an Israeli Navy officer with the rank of lieutenant colonel who served as deputy commander of Shayetet 13 and received the Medal of Distinguished Service and the Medal of Courage.

born 1944The 1969 Green Island raidThe 1973 Ghardaqa port raidDeputy commander of Shayetet 13

Occupation: diver, soldier
Rank: Sgan Aluf
Wars: War of Attrition, Yom Kippur War

Gad Krol was born in 1944 in Kfar Giladi

Krol was born in 1943 and grew up on Kibbutz Kfar Giladi, which his family helped found. His grandparents, Eliezer and Haya Krol, were members of Hashomer. His father, Ahiam, was active in security in the Galilee and later ran the Hashomer museum in Kfar Giladi.

He studied at schools in Kfar Giladi and Kfar Blum. During the War of Independence he was evacuated to Haifa with the kibbutz children.

He joined the IDF in 1961, volunteered for Shayetet 13 and was released in 1965. He fought in the Six-Day War, the War of Attrition and the Yom Kippur War, and in 1973 he mined an Egyptian missile boat at Ghardaqa. In 1977 he became deputy commander of the unit, and in 1978 he filled in as its commander for several months.

He left regular service in 1979 but stayed in the reserves, and in 1982 he took part in Operation Moshe to bring Ethiopian Jews to Israel. Back at Kfar Giladi he managed the field crops branch. From 1991 until he retired in 2020 he ran the concrete division of the Kfar Giladi quarries.

Gad Krol's life in 9 milestones

1943
Born on Kibbutz Kfar Giladi.
1961
Joined the IDF and volunteered for Shayetet 13.
1969
Fought in the raid on Green Island.
1973
Received the Medal of Distinguished Service and mined an Egyptian missile boat at Ghardaqa.
1974
Commanded a raid on Tyre port that damaged about 30 boats.
1975
Received the Medal of Courage for the Ghardaqa action.
1977
Became deputy commander of Shayetet 13.
1982
Took part in Operation Moshe.
2020
Retired from the Kfar Giladi quarries.

Gad Krol served in Shayetet 13

Krol served in Shayetet 13 from 1961, fought in the Six-Day War, the War of Attrition and the Yom Kippur War, and rose to deputy commander as a lieutenant colonel in 1977. He left regular service in 1979 and continued in the reserves.

Shayetet 13