Haliba, Yosef (Yossi)

Son of Dalia and Moshe, was born on 11.3.1966 in Holon. After completing elementary and junior high school, Yossi studied for another year and a half at the Holtz High School. He was a member of the Hanoar Haoved Vehalomed movement. Yossi was 16 years old when he went to work at odd jobs. Yossi was a very sensitive boy, very confident. He loved sports, especially basketball, he liked to read detective and fiction literature. Yossi was interested in reincarnation and believed in their existence. He loved light music and pop, as well as Hebrew songs. He always smiled and loved life, and was sensitive to the suffering of others. In February 1984, before he was 18 years old, Yossi was drafted into the IDF and was stationed in the infantry, and it was evident that the army had found its way in. Yossi was physically fit, very intelligent and easily liked by his comrades in the unit and his commanders. He completed his basic training training successfully, and aspired to advance to the ranks of command, and he also excelled when his unit was transferred to operational employment in Lebanon On November 7, 1984, Yossi’s battalion was employed in the area of ​​Sidon, , But he wanted to join a patrol in the area, and suddenly a car appeared, carrying a terrorist squad, opened fire and fled, killing Yossi and four soldiers with him. He was laid to rest at the military cemetery in Holon, where he left behind his parents, brother and sister, and wrote to him in a letter of condolence to his family: “Yosef gave his life for his homeland. He fell in Sidon while a battalion patrol was attacked by the enemy ambush. Was a devoted soldier, stood out and excelled in his company and was admired by all. “The commander of his unit wrote to his family:” Yossi was a beloved soldier in the battalion and company. He was physically and mentally strong, had a good profession, always aspired to stand out for the better and help others. The unit was proud, Simcha, with a smile on his face. He wanted to be a lieutenant colonel, and then aspired to be an officer in the battalion, and in the months when he served as a combat soldier he excelled and was defined as an excellent soldier “