Toren (Turgeman), Yosef

Yosef (Yossi), son of Fortuna and Abraham, was born on September 14, 1944, in Oran, Algeria, and immigrated to Israel with his family in 1948. He was drafted into the IDF in February 1963 and assigned to the Artillery Corps. Part of his service served as a tank driver. After five months he was released from regular service, due to the military authorities taking into account the condition of his family, and he returned to civilian life and continued to help support his little brothers and sisters. At the same time, he was transferred to serve in the reserve forces and was initially assigned to the Civil Defense and was later transferred to the infantry unit. In the framework of his unit, machine gun operators paid the course, and after the Six-Day War was annexed to the Jerusalem Brigade, where he served until the day he fell. He later married his girlfriend Miriam and established his own family, which grew up with the children of his children – Yaron and Mazal. Over the years Yosef made several visits to France, and in 1967 spent several months there trying to explore possibilities for settling there. With the outbreak of the Six-Day War he returned to Israel, decided to remain in Israel and renounced his French citizenship. In the Yom Kippur War, Yosef took part in the braking battles against the Egyptians on the Suez Canal. On the 11th of Tishrei 5734 (7.10.1973) he was injured and killed during the battle for the “Hatzanit” post in the Canal area. About two weeks later Yosef was thought to have been captured by the Egyptians, but after repeated inspections, which lasted about a month, he was declared missing. Only after two months did the fears materialize and it became clear that he had fallen in battle. He was later found dead and was buried in the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem. He left behind a wife and two children, parents, brothers and sisters. After his fall, he was promoted to corporal. His family donated a memorial lamp to his synagogue.