Gimar, Yossi

Son of Aryeh and Tzipora. Born on August 15, 1950 in Kibbutz Maanit, he studied at the elementary school in the kibbutz and at the Mevo’ot Iron High School in Ein Shemer, he was a diligent, orderly and strong student who knew his will. Yossi was active in the Hashomer Hatzair youth movement and excelled in sports, loved to listen to music, and was familiar with the events of the marching parades Yossi was drafted into the IDF in early November 1968 and assigned to the Armored Corps. After completing a course for tank commanders, he was placed in the Canal section. In the army, too, he was quiet and modest and did not say much about himself and his actions, but his actions spoke for themselves. He loved his unit and his tank and managed to get the most out of everything he could. Yossi was kind, and gave in and walked away from Danim. He was in hiding not out of rape but out of character and nature. He had a quiet, good humor and his comrades loved the innocence and maturity that they had. On 24 May 1970, he fell on the banks of the canal in a double clash in an Egyptian ambush that attacked his armored column. The armored column left Kantara to the north and near the end of it the enemy troops ambushed it for hundreds of meters of the embankment. Yossi felt the help of the force that was attacked and the Bazooka bomb hit him and some of his crew. The commander of the unit wrote his parents a letter of condolence: “Only two months after the course of tank commanders, Yossi served in my unit and proved himself to be a commander Tank) was good and efficient, was loyal to its commanders and was honest about its subordinates. ” After his fall, Kibbutz Maanit published a booklet in his memory called “Yossi”; His name and picture are presented in the booklet “Company L” is released.