Gilai, Yossi

Son of Binyamin and her face. He was born on August 31, 1943, in Gan Shmuel, where he spent six years studying in the “Children’s Society” and was a playful and Simcha child. “Yossi was a member of the Hashomer Hatzair youth movement and served as a counselor in the Beit Eliezer kibbutz in the vicinity of the kibbutz, and in 1961 he was drafted into the IDF and volunteered for the Nahal Brigade, where he was the first member of his class to enlist He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant, and upon his discharge from service he was called to serve a third year in Kibbutz Nachshon, In all those years he was the star of the local basketball team, but this situation did not pass him off, on the contrary, he saw it as a greater responsibility, knowing that the fate of more than one game depended on him. He was very open to the people, listened, encouraged and explained: he never left an employee before he was convinced that the latter Will not fail in his position and never left anything unfinished. In 1966 he married his wife Chana and at the end of 1967 their daughter Sharon was born. The life of his family and his relations with the parents were a model of heartiness, warmth and consideration, as his brother Ehud pointed out. In 1968 Yossi began studying mechanical engineering at the Ruppin Midreshet, on behalf of the factory. At the beginning of June 1969 he was called up for active reserve duty. On the 15th of Sivan 5769 (June 15, 1969), he fell in a battle with terrorists on the streets of Gaza, and left a wife and a daughter.