Luntz (Luntzi), Yosef

Son of Miriam and Moshe Chaim, was born on December 25, 1935 in Haifa. He studied at the elementary school in Neve Sha’anan and graduated from the “Hugim” high school in his city. During his studies he was a member of the Scouts movement and joined the movement’s “Hachushalim” nucleus. Prior to joining the Israel Defense Forces he underwent a training course in the framework of the Gadna. Yosef was drafted into the IDF in August 1953, and with his comrades in the nucleus he volunteered for the Nahal Brigade. After basic training he received the rank of corporal and was sent to an officer’s course. He completed successfully and was assigned to an infantry unit. After the Sinai Campaign, he took part in the army and joined the members of his Scouts movement in Rosh HaNikra After a certain period in the kibbutz he decided to apply for academic studies and was accepted to the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in the Department of Oriental Studies. After completing his studies in 1962, he was sent to Ethiopia as a member of the military delegation and spent about a year and a half there, returning to civilian life and serving as a researcher and research consultant. “To. Between missions and missions he served in the reserves, short periods under permanent conditions. He successfully filled a long line of command and command posts. Among other things, he established the Jerusalem Patrol and commanded it for a long time. In the Six Day War he was wounded in the battles in Latrun. At the end of the war he served for several months as a military governor at the headquarters of the Shlomo region. During the War of Attrition he volunteered to serve as a “tiger,” and as a reserve officer commanded one of the Suez Canal strongholds. In the Yom Kippur War, he served as a battalion commander in the Suez Canal area, and was a courageous, courageous and committed friend, a brave fighter and commander who influenced his subordinates and commanders alike. “DIM, FOM, and the brigade commanders. His commanders admired him as “a dedicated, responsible, energetic, well-commanding officer with a willingness to carry out missions” and was promoted to Major Ten months prior to the scheduled date, stating that he was “an excellent officer, “At the end of 1976, he returned to the IDF with the rank of lieutenant colonel and was appointed to the position of government in the Judea and Samaria region. He was commander of the Tulkarem district, Ramallah governorate and Nablus governorate. During his service, he served as head of the Civil Administration in the Gaza Strip and northern Sinai on 13 February 1983. On July 13, 1983, Brigadier General Yosef Luntz fell during his service and was put to rest at the military cemetery in Kiryat Shaul. The “Truman Institute” at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem held a symposium in his memory, in which he published a book about the Palestinian National Movement, which will include articles written at the time by Yosef And things in his memory. He was also immortalized in Mitzpeh Har Kabir (near Alon Moreh) named after him. In Gush Katif, a visitors’ room was established in his name, and every year there is a “Sukkot march named after the late Brigadier General Yosef Luntz”