Yosef, son of Hedva and Natan, a Holocaust survivor, was born on January 31, 1951, in Tel Aviv. He was an unusual child. At the age of seven months he began walking and at the age of two, when children his age went to a nursery school, Yossi went to kindergarten. His special character attests to a case that occurred when he was five years old. His parents took him to a swimming pool and suddenly disappeared from view. Finally they found him on the high platform, and when the rescuer was sent down, Yossi waited until the rescuer reached him and then jumped into the deep water and began to swim, and he never learned to swim. During the Kadesh War, Yossi was in an urban park in Tel Aviv, and the children of the kindergarten drew pictures for the children of Eilat. “On the painting of Yossi (an Israeli warship sailing to El-Arish) The child does not give up the house. There is no separation from home and homeland, and this is confirmed by Yossi at an older age, when he said: “Moledet has no buyers, for whom you pay with blood and do not demand it from others, but from the native-born.” At the age of six he began elementary school at Tel- “He was a good student, alert and comfortable but stubborn, sensitive to injustice and pursuing justice, and because of this there were often friction between him and the teachers, but they loved him and his teacher even taught him defense against the school administration. And was very active in it. After completing a series of courses, he was appointed commander of the Tel Aviv district of the movement, and his apprentices, some of whom were his age, “Because of the school load, his activity in the movement has decreased somewhat, but he has acquired new hobbies, especially in the field of sports, and has excelled in swimming and gymnastics on instruments, and he also represented the Gymnasium in these fields. His studies, remained for a while until he was drafted into the IDF. He went down to Eilat and completed a 30 meter diving course, which he financed himself, and was accepted into the International Diving Club. Yosef was drafted into the IDF in late 1969 and volunteered for the Paratroopers Brigade, after which he underwent a parachuting course and a course for combat paramedics, and finally a course for infantry combat brigades, as a combat soldier and paratroopers. And during the period of fighting against the terrorists there, he served in the Gaza Strip during the fighting against the terrorists there, and in October 1972 Sergeant Yossi was discharged from the regular army, At that time, he passed a computer training course on Data Control It was October 1973. When the Yom Kippur War broke out, he ran, telephoned, searched and did not relax until he was called to fulfill his duty. When he finally left the unit for Sinai, Yossi was enthusiastic, and the fighting took place on the front, with many confrontations and bombardments. Yossi fought and did his work faithfully and devotedly. He often wrote to his parents, called them on the phone and asked how they were. In his letters he was the one who encouraged them and rebuked them for having fallen. On the 27th of Tishrei 5734 (October 23, 1973), shortly before the cease-fire came into force, they openedThe Egyptians in heavy shelling of the area south of the city of Ismailia. In this shelling, Yossi fell and thus he said: “Moledet has no buyers, for which they pay with blood.” He was brought to eternal rest in the military section of the Kiryat Shaul cemetery. Survived by his parents and brother. In his letter of condolence to the bereaved family, the commander of the bereaved family said: “Yossi fell in the heavy artillery bombardment that hit us on the eve of the cease-fire, a bombardment aimed at stopping our progress towards the city of Ismailia. The paramedic – the provision of medical help, during battle, a model soldier and a courageous fighter; ” The battalion doctor told him: “I saw him as a professional with first-rate medical help, to which my soul was attached, both in terms of performance and in terms of his mental qualities.” The deputy commander of the company said: “My soul was more attached to Yossi than to my brother, and I saw him not only as a fighter, but as a perfect person, loving people, caring for his parents and above all willing to sacrifice his soul to help others. My soul is crying over a creature that is not born every day. “
