Tolchinsky, Yuval
Son of Shoshana and Shalom was born on April 29, 1929, in Haifa. He studied at the Reali School in Hadar Hacarmel. From his childhood he traveled extensively in Israel and was a member and instructor of the Scouts movement and on his walks with his apprentices between the Carmel ridges made them love and know nature. After completing his studies, he went on a training course for the Palmach, which was sent to Kibbutz Dafna, and continued to keep in contact with his students and in his letters, telling them about the training life of the kibbutz and the immigrant youth. He served in the Yiftach Brigade and took part in battles in the Upper Galilee … In one of his letters to the parents, he wrote: “We have been working for two days … and when digging a pit to plant a tree, while shooting sounds, there is a good feeling …” The Nebi Yusha police station was set up on the night of April 20-19, 1948. The saboteurs broke through the fences, approached the building, and began placing the explosives. The evacuation of the wounded delayed the explosion, and in the meantime, more fighters were injured, including the terrorists, and the cargo was not activated, and at dawn an order was issued to withdraw, (April 20, 1948.) After only a month, he was laid to rest at the Nebi Yusha cemetery, after his death his parents changed their surname to “Yovel”.
