Madai, Joshua

Son of Zechariah (Yahya) and heard. Born on 25.12.1950 in Haban Asher, Yemen, as a baby, the family immigrated to Israel and settled in Moshav Oli Haban, where he grew up in elementary school. He was a member of the youth organization in the moshav and one of the activists in arranging his parties and every social event organized at the club, and he liked photography at every opportunity: In November 1967 he was drafted into the IDF and assigned to the Armored Corps, but after thirteen months , On the 26th of Tevet 5729 (26.1.21968), he died in the course of his duties when the jeep he was traveling on board a mine in the area of ​​the monastery of John the Baptist (near Jericho). To rest forever in the cemetery in his seat, in fact he replaced a driver who had fallen ill that morning, and the fact that he had agreed to take the driver’s place testified to his goodness. Their son, who was “a nice and quiet soldier, loved by his commanders and his colleagues, fulfilled his duties with dedication and will.”