Yidov, Yosef

Son of Tova and Daniel, was born on the 19th of Av, October 23, 1929 in the city of Breslau, Germany. In 1934 Yosef immigrated to Israel with his parents and he studied at the Kol Torah yeshiva in Jerusalem. He loved the study of the Torah and the Talmud. As a member of the Haganah, he was one of the first recruits who went to the aid of Biriya in the Galilee, when they were attacked by the British. When the War of Independence broke out, Yosef returned to his home and joined his friends in the religious unit of the Alexandroni Brigade. His parents wanted to send him abroad, but he did not want to leave the country at such a time. Yosef fought in the battles of Tel Litwinski, Tantura, and Operation Danny. Participated in the conquest of Ein Ghazal and Igzim and worked near Kakun and Kfar Yona. During Operation Horev, a “liquidation operation” was carried out against the “Faluja pocket,” in which an Egyptian brigade was besieged. Yosef fell in this battle on the 26th of Kislev 5709 (December 28, 1948). He was buried in Faluja. On the 17th of Kislev 5710 (8.12.1949) he was transferred to the military cemetery at Nahalat Yitzhak.