Attia, Yosef (Yossi)

Ben Rachel and David. Was born on December 28, 1983 in Petach Tikva. He attended the “Netzach Banim” religious elementary school and the Bnei Akiva yeshiva Nehalim in the city. Prior to joining the army, he studied for a year at the Ma’ale Efrayim pre-military academy. Yossi (“Yossi” by his loved ones) was a member and a guide in the Bnei Akiva youth movement and an outstanding athlete. He was a man who loved man with all his soul and stood out as a leader from his early childhood: “Friends are forever” was the sentence in his mouth, and Yossi proved that his mouth and heart were equal. He invested his friends above and beyond – loved, nurtured, cared for, and traveled with them. He always found time to pay attention to everyone, did not skip anyone and never stopped friendships. Even when he turned to different directions in his life and acquired new friends, he continued to maintain ties with his old friends. Yossi loved the Land of Israel with all his might. He loved to explore the paths and roads of the country and at every opportunity he took a tent and went on trips in nature and landscapes. In this love, he also attracted others, organized and initiated trips with friends and family. Yossi began to travel for the Trans-Israel Highway, and was able to reach Eilat from Mitzpeh Masua. He planned to finish the route north after serving with his comrades in the Sayeret, but was not enough. Yossi joined the IDF at the end of July 2003, when he began training as a combat soldier in the Paratroopers Brigade, underwent a paramedic course and was assigned as a medic in the paratroopers’ reconnaissance company. As a medic, Yossi saw his mission to help his friends when needed, and used to say that if someone was hurt, he would know how to help him and would not stand helpless.Josei fell on January 7, 2005, In a terrorist attack at the Tapuach junction, on his way to Ma’aleh Efrayim, where he went to join a yeshiva in the pre-military preparatory program he had attended before Hagai While Yossi was twenty-one years old when he was killed, and he was brought to eternal rest in the Segula cemetery in Petach Tikvah, leaving three parents, Idit, Galit and Dikla and brother Victor. After his fall, he was promoted to First Sergeant.