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Mishnivski, Yosef (Yosik)

Mishnivski, Yosef (Yosik)


Son of Sheindel and Aryeh, was born on December 24, 1928 in Tel Aviv. He studied at the elementary school for example, in the commercial high school on Geula Street and at the Montefiore Technical School. He completed his studies with honors and was about to receive a scholarship to continue his studies abroad, but decided to study at the Technion in Haifa after completing his year of service at Nutrat Hanita. In November 1947, following the UN General Assembly’s decision to partition the country into two states, Yosef served with convoys to Yehiam, Hanita, Metzuva, Ayalon, Krayot, Nahariya, and Haifa and tried to reassure his parents that there was no danger in his service , But his younger brother, who asked him to spare himself, like other friends who stayed at home, said simply: “If everyone does so, there will be no one to protect us and our country and slay us like Hitler.” Joseph drove by convoy from Nahariya to break the siege on After they overcame two Arab roadblocks, they were arrested before the third and during a battle with the Arabs, on 9 January 1948, they fell. He was laid to rest in the military cemetery in Nahariya.

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