Meron, Yosef (Yossi)

Son of-Avraham-David and Tula. Born on 4 December 1940 in Jerusalem, he completed his elementary studies at the Gymnasia Rehavia School in Jerusalem and at the Yahalom School in Ramat Gan, where he began his high school studies at the Ohel- Where he completed his last two years of studies at the military boarding school of the Reali School in Haifa, where Yossi was orphaned at the age of 10. When he was 12, he moved with his family to Ramat Gan, Gan joined the Hanoar Haoved Vehalomed youth movement when he was 13. Yossi was drafted into the IDF in late July 1958 and assigned to the infantry. Yossi completed a course in commanding officers, completed a parachuting course and graduated with honors from the Infantry Officers Course. After completing his military service, Yossi was called up for an active reserve service, during which he took part in courses for officers of the armored infantry company, as well as training in the field of purification and evacuation, A company commander and a commander of a armored infantry company. He was awarded the rank of Major General, and his commanders admired him as a practical and reliable person, a stickler with a purpose, a commander who was not compromising but decent in his way and considered in his considerations. He eventually took his place as a chief engineer at Ashtrom, married Tamar, and had three children – Tal, Yael and Galit – on the 25 th of Av. 1974), Yosef was hit in the Sinai, along the Eilat-Sharm route, and fell during his service. He was brought to eternal rest in the cemetery in Kiryat Shaul. He left behind a wife, three children and a father. “Yossi took part in the Six-Day War and in the Yom Kippur War – in both of them he fought bitter and bitter battles, and he could. In the Six-Day War he took command of the company in battle, after the company commander was wounded, and he was then a young mm. I know him well. He was under my command in the last few years in all the operational occupations and in the Yom Kippur War, an officer with professional knowledge, very responsible, dedicated, fair, quiet, cold and courageous during battle and accepted as a tough commander who demanded much from himself and his subordinates. I was not sure that his soldiers knew how much he cared for the soldiers of his company, and he fought for them to improve the conditions, the easements, the vacations, the consideration of personal problems, I know his concern To visit the fallen family of his company, it was a fatherly concern: Yossi was like that, and I wish To the IDF whose commanders will be like him. I can promise, on my behalf and on behalf of all his subordinates, that we will remember him as a commander who is prepared to follow him with fire and water. “