Mandelbaum-Shkedi, Yosef

Son of Esther and Israel Yitzhak was born on March 6, 1930, in Warsaw, the capital of Poland, where he immigrated to Israel with his parents in the summer of 1934. He completed his studies at the New High School in Tel Aviv, He studied mathematics at the age of 17. He aspired to continue his studies at the Technion in Haifa, where he wanted to support his widowed mother, and despite his outstanding talents, he was prepared to go out to work and to stop his studies in the Montefiore neighborhood where he lived. Aware of the political and cultural events, he joined the ranks of the Haganah at an early age and was a Hagam instructor at the school. After completing his studies, he was sent by the Haganah to Halab Habashan in the Galilee and later joined the army. Participated in operations in Jaffa and Abu Kabir and in Lod-Ramle. He recently participated in battles in the Negev as a sapper and was considered the best sabotage unit in the battalion. He also invented a new patent for the mine. Most of the practical work was done during mining. On the night of his death, on 7 October 1948, Joseph went to the Faluja area to complete a field bar on his own, leaving the last mine (the forty!) Leaning on him with exhaustion and tension during the last sleepless nights – and he was killed in the explosion. On the 15th of Cheshvan 5705 (15.11.1949) he was transferred to the eternal rest of the military cemetery at Nahalat Yitzhak.