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Cohen, Yosef

Cohen, Yosef


Son of Clara and Moshe. Joseph was born in Egypt on July 1, 1942. The youngest son of a family of seven. He lost his parents when he was a child, immigrated to Israel, grew up and was educated on Kibbutz Amiad. When he enlisted in the IDF, Yosef volunteered for a paratroop brigade and was one of the founders of the settlement of Korazim. In 1963, after his regular service. Yosef left Amiad. A year later, he married Leah and set up his home in Bat Yam, where he joined the police in 1967. He was a patrol officer and then took an officer’s course and an officer’s course, which he graduated with honors. He served as the head of the Central Command Investigations Branch and was the deputy commander of the Shefela Region, and in his last position served as commander of the Amakim region, despite the fact that he was offered seditious civilian duties, he always regarded the police as his home. And served as a model for him in the valleys. He worked for the involvement of the police in the life of the community and fought in the drug trade Movement, and intifada, and was awarded the “Medal of Honor” in 1988. Yosef was an exemplary family man and devoted his spare time to his children: Iris, Michal, Yariv and Eliad, who traveled with them, infused them with love of the country, was involved in their stories and took part In the work of the house, Commander Yosef fell in the course of his duty on the 7th of Shevat, 5748 (February 1988.) He was forty-five years old in his fall and was brought to eternal rest in the military section of the Ashdod cemetery.

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