Shabtai, Joseph

Son of Carmel and Flora. He was born on December 10, 1947, in the city of Basra, in the northern part of Iraq, where his forefathers lived for many generations. In 1950, after the War of Independence in Israel, his parents immigrated with him on the long road to Israel – where they took their lives and when they chose the Eilat-Shahar group. Together with all the children of the farm, Joseph became one of the children’s company there and took part in all their activities with them. In the agriculture he grew and became a man. He was always the first to volunteer for the activities of the children’s society and his friends loved him for maintaining good relations with them and even for his good qualities – to avoid quarrels with them. His kindness and sensitivity were expressed in the help he was willing to offer to others before he was asked to. He would tell his mother that there were only a few souls and that they should be alleviated; It was his concern, and his bright, good eyes always exuded warmth and love. He was a good athlete, a footballer who donated to the group of the farm, a swimmer and even a dancer. He loved life, singing and even listening to the singer, arranging his little garden and loving his family. After his graduation from school, he enlisted in the IDF with the rest of his friends, where he found himself among the artillery and was proud of his uniform, and his dedication to the army did not diminish his love for the agriculture and the home. When he was in compulsory service, he trained novices and reservists, but he never boasted of his duties, because of his modesty, but in the middle of his regular service, the Six-Day War and Yom Kippur The third of the battles, the 28th of Iyar 5727 (7.6.1967), was a heavy bombardment of the northern agriculture, and Yosef did not hesitate to serve a goat When he returned to his position, a Syrian shell hit him directly – and he fell, was buried in the military cemetery in Nahariya and was later taken to the eternal rest of the cemetery in Eilat – , Which was published by the Union of Kibbutzim and Kibbutzim in memory of the fallen members of the European Union.