Mozes will obtain the award for his distinctive private braveness, management, and Zionism after pledging to rebuild Kibbutz Nir Oz following his launch from terrorist captivity in January.
Freed Gaza hostage Gadi Mozes will obtain the ‘Ben-Gurion Award’ for exemplary people from Ben-Gurion College of the Negev President Prof. Daniel Haimovitz in November, the college introduced earlier this week.
The award committee introduced that Mozes was chosen to obtain the award, named after the primary prime minister of Israel, for his “a few years of contribution to the constructing and prosperity of the Negev, for his management within the reconstruction of Kibbutz Nir Oz, his private braveness, and for his function mannequin of steadfastness, Zionism, and love of nation.”
Mozes was held for 482 days by terrorists within the Gaza Strip after being kidnapped from his dwelling in Kibbutz Nir Oz by Hamas in the course of the October 7 bloodbath. A lot of the kibbutz was burned and destroyed as Hamas terrorists tore their manner by way of the small farming neighborhood.
Mozes’s lifelong dedication to Kibbutz Nir Oz
He was launched, aged 80, in January 2025 and was the oldest residing hostage to have survived terrorist captivity. Upon his launch, Mozes pledged to return to his dwelling and his life’s work, vowing to assist rebuild the kibbutz he resided in for practically 60 years.
The college’s assertion described Mozes’s historical past within the area, detailing his profession as an agronomist within the agriculture trade, all through which he “labored in third world international locations, educating native farmers about irrigation and rising strategies.”
Launched Israeli hostage Gadi Mozes at a ceremony marking rebuilding in Kibbutz Nir Oz, August 7, 2025. (credit score: Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)
Prof. Haimovitz added to the assertion that Mozes would obtain the award as a “image of the invincible human spirit,” explaining that “his return to life after months of inauspicious captivity is an inspiration of braveness, hope, and religion in human energy.”
The college’s announcement concluded with Prof. Haimovitz declaring that “Gadi Mozes embodies the values upon which the college was based – dedication to society, steadfastness within the face of challenges, and a deep perception within the mutual assure of the individuals of Israel.”
