Shekel, Yosef

An only son of Shifke and Yitzhak. Joseph was born in Egypt on June 1, 1935, to an affluent and Zionist family, where his father served as the chief pharmacist in his hometown, and as an only son, Joseph was educated in private educational institutions that gave him great knowledge and fluency in foreign languages, When he was twenty-one, Yosef married Galia, and the couple made several attempts to immigrate to Israel, but because of the opposition and hostility they were refused to immigrate to Israel, and after the Sinai Campaign in 1957 the situation of the Jews in Egypt worsened. Sophie (Merav), their daughter who was just born, and with Yosef’s mother, the family was absorbed in Yeruham, they stayed there for six months and then moved to Holon. Joseph’s children were born two years ago: Itzik and Ezra, Joseph’s children say that he was a Simcha and joyful man, and many friends surrounded him and were part of the family, and he was able to pass on his love for nature and animals to his children, On 17 March 1958, Yosef joined the Israel Police and served in the Central Unit of the Tel Aviv District as a detective and intelligence coordinator, and after serving in the Intelligence Service, In spoken and literary Arabic. At the end of the period he returned to the Central Unit On December 31, 1973, Yosef was killed in a traffic accident on his way home at the end of a shift, and Sergeant Sergeant Yosef fell during his service, and was buried in the cemetery in Holon, leaving a wife and three children.