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Singer, Yosef (Yossi)

Singer, Yosef (Yossi)


Mina and Aryeh-Leib was born on 23 January 1930 in Haifa. He graduated from the “Geula” elementary school, joined the Mahanot Ha’olim movement and studied mechanics. When he was 16, he enlisted in the Palmach, where he underwent military training and was drafted into Ginosar and other kibbutzim during the British siege of Kibbutz Ginosar, where he was captured and imprisoned in Rafah. , Served in the Golani Brigade and participated with the members of his regiment in the battles of Mishmar HaEmek and the Beit She’an Valley, and was among the conquerors of the village of Kaukab al-Hawa, a courageous fighter who had never known fear, and when his parents warned him to save his life, I will kill, but there will be a Hebrew state! “After the withdrawal from Jenin, the line reached the first truce in the ridge north of Jenin. During the first truce, the Iraqis attacked this line with great force, and in view of the enemy’s superiority, our forces were forced to withdraw and set up a new line in the Gilboa ridge, which fell in the region of Sandala on the Gilboa on the 3rd of Tammuz 5707 (July 10, 1948). He was brought to eternal rest in the cemetery in Heftzi-Baha.

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