Avnery, Joseph (Yosefi)

Yosef (Yosefi), son of Hadas and Aryeh, was born on June 4, 1951 in Kibbutz Dorot. In 1952, his parents moved to Kibbutz HaGoshrim in the Upper Galilee, where Yosef studied there in the elementary school and in the “Har-ve-Guy” high school. Despite physical limitations, Yosef participated in sports activities in camps and in elementary and high school trips. As a student he relied more on his good outlook than on diligence in his studies and achieved achievements in the humanities. In the post-elementary grades, he had “authority” among his friends, with regard to history, state and current affairs. Joseph was very interested in the problems of the social gap and the marginal youth. For six months he worked as a counselor in the Hanoar Haoved movement in Kiryat Shmona. Prior to joining the IDF, he was a member of the secretariat of the Kibbutz Ha-Meuhad division and a regional instructor for seven kibbutz units in kibbutzim in the coastal area, organizing seminars and sports trips and summer camps, and regarded the kibbutz as a national, moral and social value, Yosef was drafted into the Israel Defense Forces in early November 1971, was assigned to the Armored Corps and served in the Armored Corps units, and despite his physical limitations, he successfully completed his basic training and completed all training And the long journeys and, moreover, he was one of the “tone-givers” who encouraged and guarded He took part in a course for armored personnel carriers and later became a sergeant, completing his months of military service on patrols along the Suez Canal or in training in the Sinai. . Fortunately, there were no casualties, and Yosef commanded, with cool deliberation, the rescue of his men. On Yom Kippur (October 6, 1973) Joseph fought in the vicinity of the Mitla road and the Suez Canal, near Maoz Fortress. His last mission was to clear the hill area that controlled the waterline from enemy soldiers, who occupied positions there. Yosef detonated a submachine gun in the company’s armored personnel carrier until the vehicle was hit by a mortar shell. Yosef was killed with the company commander and two of his friends, and was brought to rest in the cemetery of Kibbutz Hagoshrim, leaving behind his parents and sister, who was promoted to the rank of First Sergeant. A section for Yosef, and a chapter on Joseph in the book “My Geshurim in the Yom Kippur War” in the section on the fallen sons.