Ohana, Yosef (Jojo)

Yosef (Jojo) Son of Sultana and Abraham (Albert) was born on January 1, 1954 in Morocco and immigrated to Israel with his family in 1955. On the way to Israel Yosef fell ill and the doctors almost despaired of healing him, but miraculously Healed the baby. When he grew up, he studied at the “Choni haMaagel” elementary school in Hatzor Haglilit and then graduated from the town’s high school. Yosef was a diligent student, loved by his teachers and friends. He was a sports fan, participated in the races, and was awarded the Shield. He also played basketball and was a member of Hapoel’s football team in Hatzor Haglilit. Thanks to his excellence in basketball, his friends called him “Tal Brody”. Yosef was drafted into the IDF in early November 1971 and assigned to the Golani Brigade in the first “HaBokim” regiment, and was an exemplary and disciplined soldier who served as an example of his friends in his good temper, passivity and obedience. In the area of ​​Mazra’at Beit Jann near Mount Hermon, Yosef was wounded, and he literally got up and stood without shelter, and with his MG fired and hit the Syrian soldiers who shot at him and his friends. Thus his comrades could evacuate the wounded and help them. Even after he had run out of ammunition, Yosef did not say enough. He hurried back to stock up with the bullets and returned to cover his friends. Thus he bravely stood for an hour and a half until he fell in battle. He was awarded the “Medal of Honor” for this act. He was brought to eternal rest in the cemetery in Nahariya. He was survived by a father, a mother, three brothers and a sister. After his fall, he was promoted to corporal. In a letter of condolence to the bereaved family, his commander wrote: “The feeling that accompanies us is the sense of honor we received, that Yosef fought in our ranks, and a sense of respect for the family that a son of Asher lost.” His parents donated a Torah scroll to the Etz Chaim Synagogue in Hatzor Haglilit; In the weekly Bamahane, a list was published about his heroism in the battle, called “Closure to the End”.