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Besso, Joseph

Besso, Joseph

Son of-Mazal Tov and Moshe, was born on the 28th of Izmir, Turkey, where he graduated from elementary school and studied shoemaking, and at the age of sixteen came to Israel as part of the Youth Aliya and was educated in Ramat Hakovesh. After a year and a half, he was sent as a member of the Hagana for training in Ashdot Yaakov for a year, and returned to Tel Aviv, but immediately after the outbreak of the War of Independence he volunteered for service When he enlisted, he rejected the possibility of a convenient arrangement in the city and went out with the Rishonim, as a member of the Givati ​​Brigade, for the Defense of the South. Dera and a few months later he was sent to Negba on the 12th of Iyar, 21.5.1948, was killed during an Egyptian bombardment of Negba and brought to rest at the military cemetery in Negba.

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