Joshua, Joseph

Son of Salameh and Shlomo, was born on November 24, 1929, in the city of Dogam, Yemen. Received a traditional Jewish education and remained loyal to him throughout his life. He immigrated to Israel in 1942, and here he immediately began to work. He found his bread on the floors, where he specialized. His concern was with his mother, who remained in Yemen, and he aspired to bring her to Israel. He was an innocent, modest and quiet youth and when the time came he joined the army and participated in all the battles of the Alexandroni Brigade. During Operation Horev, a “liquidation operation” was carried out against the “Faluja pocket,” in which an Egyptian brigade was besieged. The attack took place on the eastern flank of the “pocket” in the area of ​​Iraq al-Manshiyya. The Alexandroni forces broke into the village from the south and took over part of it, but their assault on the hill north of the village was repulsed. Meanwhile, the Egyptians recovered, attacked and forced our forces to withdraw. Part of the force was trapped inside the village. In this battle he fell on the 28th of Kislev 5709 (December 28, 1948) and was buried in Faluja. On the 17th of Kislev 5710 (8.12.1949) he was transferred to the eternal rest of the military cemetery at Nahalat Yitzhak.