Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Spiro akaberekerwa muBerlin panguva yeMitemo yeNuremberg. Baba vake, Dr. Samuel Spiro, vakabviswa pabasa ravo sachiremba pamwe chete navamwe vanachiremba vose vechiJudha, uye vakagara muJerusarema, Palestine muna 1938. Inenge hafu yegore gare gare, muna March 1939, akabatanidzwa nomudzimai wake wemifananidzo, Grete Lina Spiro, navana vavo vaviri, Gideon nomunun'una wake John Gabriel. Mhuri yacho yaigara munharaunda yeJerusarema yeKiriyat Shmuel, iri pakati peKatamoni neRehavia. Baba vaGideon vaishanda sachiremba mukuru weYouth Aliyah, uye mushure meHolocaust akabata vana vevapoteri kubva kuGerman nevana mumisasa yeVadzingwa muCyprus, pamwe neVana veTehran (boka revana vechiJuda vapoteri vakatiza kubva kuPoland kuenda kuPalestine vachipfuura neTehran). Gideon akanga apedza kudzidza musangano wevechiduku weHashomer Hatzair uye ukama hwokusava nomutemo pakati pevadzidzisi nevadzidzi hwaakacherechedza pamusasa webasa rezhizha pachikibhuzi hwakamuorora zvikuru. Akakumbira baba vake mvumo yokupedza makore ake okuchikoro chesekondari ari paKibbutz, uye muna 1951 akatamira kuKibbutz Merhavia, kwaakapesvedzerwa achiri muduku nenheyo dzokuenzana neruramisiro yomunzanga. Makore matatu gare gare akadanwa kupinda muIDF uye akazvipira kujoina maparatrooper corps, uye akatora chikamu mukudzorera zviito zvema1950 uye mukusvetuka paMitla Pass mu
Hondo yeSinai ya1956.