Yoav, son of Shula and Danny Hod, was born in 1972 in Haifa. In August 1993, Yoav joined the Israel Police and served in the Central Unit in the Tel Aviv District. Senior Sergeant Yoav fell in the line of duty on 27 Adar, March 27, 2013. He was laid to rest in the military cemetery in Kiryat Shaul, Tel Aviv, living behind a son and daughter, parents, brother and sister.