Yahalom (Finkelstein), Joshua
Yehoshua (Shuka), son of Sarah and Shlomo, was born on 28 July 1943 in Kiryat Motzkin. Yehoshua was drafted into the IDF at the end of October 1961 and was assigned to the Armored Corps, where he took part in a paratroop training course, a course for infantry officers, a course for infantry officers, He was a respected officer and a courageous, responsible and devoted soldier, and he was very careful about his soldiers and helped them in their civilian lives, He also participated in the Six-Day War and the War of Attrition that followed, and was awarded the “Six Day War” and the “Service Medal” In the Yom Kippur War, Joshua took part in the battles for the containment and the breakthrough against the Syrians in the Golan Heights On October 11, 1973, Joshua fell in a battle west of Khan-arnava on the Golan Heights, “In the early days of the Yom Kippur War, Major General Yehoshua Yahalom fought in the northern sector of the Golan Heights as commander of a reconnaissance company on jeeps, mainly dealing with the evacuation of casualties in jeeps from the front to the rear, The tanks are fighting against enemy armor. The commander of the companies in the unit of Major General Yahalom was injured in the fighting and demanded that his commander appoint him to the commander of a tank company, even though he did not have any professional training, On October 11, 1973, Major-General Yahalom led his company in the battalion’s attack, opposite Khan-Arnabeh. Under the heavy artillery fire of the Syrians continued to lead the attack, and on the brink of Syrian exaltation, Yehoshua’s tank was damaged and he was killed on the spot.In his actions, Major Yehoshuah Yahalom demonstrated courage, daring and devotion to the exemplary mission. “He was brought to rest – He was followed by a wife and three sons, a father, a mother, a brother, and two sisters, and was promoted to the rank of major
