Gadi Shefi

Gadi Shefi was born in 1940 in Tel Yosef

Gadi Shefi was born in September 1940 on Kibbutz Tel Yosef, the youngest child of Arie Shchupak and Gute Diamant. He left school early to join his father, who mentored young kibbutzim for the Jewish Agency. The two lived for long periods in Ein Gedi, Sde Boker and other young kibbutzim.

He volunteered for Shayetet 13 and finished training in 1960. He served as a fighter and officer, led the unit's explosive boat force in the Six-Day War and later commanded the torpedo boat T-203 and the missile boat INS Eilat. He led unit forces in raids in Lebanon in 1973 and in the Yom Kippur War, and commanded Shayetet 13 from 1976 to 1978.

After studying at the National Security College, he left the career army. As a civilian he was a partner in several restaurants in Jaffa and Tel Aviv, including one named Shchupak after his original family name. He sold his share in 2011 and retired to Givat Olga.

In 1966 he married Ahuva Madani, a police officer, and they had 4 children. The couple separated in 1986 but did not divorce. He died in April 2017.