Amar, Joseph (‘Yossi’)

Son of Shalom and Naomi. He was born on the 9th of Iyar 5709 (August 8, 1949) in the city of Raju in Yemen, and immigrated to Israel in 1950 with his family. The family was shunted from place to place and underwent difficult absorption difficulties until it settled in Moshav Yanun in 1952. Yossi attended the religious state school in the moshav and continued at the regional school in Shapir. He was a sensitive child and when his parents divorced, he suffered terribly. However, he was an excellent student, loved and admired by his family and friends. His teachers insisted on his talents and recommended that he continue with his theoretical studies, and that he was admitted to the Meron yeshiva and later continued at the Neve Herzog Yeshiva. He did well in his studies, but decided that he had to learn a profession – to help his family and support himself in the future. He was accepted to the Air Force Technical School and was certified as an aircraft mechanic. Yossi loved the sea and its waves very much. He has a lot to swim, and his spare time spent at sea or in the pool. He used to wander around nature and enjoy exciting views. Yossi was drafted into the Israel Defense Forces on May 20, 1968 and assigned to the Israel Air Force, where he succeeded in his work as an aircraft mechanic, and when his time came to be released, his commanders recommended that he continue in the career army. Yossi son of-Net, and son of-Nir, who was an exemplary husband and father and divided his time between his family and his obligations to the IDF, which he filled with dedication and perfection. Nevertheless, he devoted much of his time to his parents. His many acquaintances mentioned him as an honest man with a warm Lev, and praised his warm and warm attitude toward everyone. During the Yom Kippur War he served as an airborne mechanic in the Sinai and Syrian arenas, and at the end of the war he was awarded the medal of battle, and stood out for his high professional ability, his warm attitude towards his unit’s staff, and his modest speech. (17.5.1977) Yosef fell in the line of duty – when he went to practice refueling in the air crashed the helicopter in which he was 28. At his death were killed pilots Major Ya’ari Tamir and Captain Cohen Israel (“Srulik”) Joseph was brought to rest in the cemetery (27 years old), daughter and son, parents, brother and sister, and in a letter of condolences to the bereaved family, his commander wrote: “From my acquaintance with And especially from the testimony of his commanders and colleagues, Yosef was shown to be a modest and devoted person to his family, his friends, and the purpose for which he served in the IDF. “His modest and quiet image is mentioned as a symbol in every joint meeting and event, and his lofty personal qualities – integrity, trustworthiness and loyalty to his family and friends – serve and serve as an example and symbol for all those who are commanded to continue on his path.” His wife donated books to the public library in Kiryat Ekron, to commemorate him. His parents put a Torah scroll in his name and in memory of a synagogue in his place of residence in Kiryat Ekron.