Yosef-Zada, Yehoshua

Son of Gohar and Menashe, was born on the 28th of Shvat, 5714 (February 1, 1954) in Beit Shean. His parents immigrated to Israel from Iran in 1952, directly to the Ein-Hanatziv transit camp near Beit She’an. The first years in the country passed in very difficult conditions. They lived in transit camps and huts. The father was unemployed, without means of subsistence. Yehoshua was born at the time, a second son in the family. Yehoshua attended the Tachkemoni religious elementary school in Beit Shean. When he was 15, the family moved to Petach Tikva, and Yehoshua continued his studies at the Ahad Ha’am High School. He was a good student and easily adapted to the new place. He studied there for one year, then went to study at the military boarding school of the Air Force Technical School in Haifa. He completed his studies in electronics, and successfully completed his studies. In May 1972, Yehoshua enlisted in the IDF and served in the Military Police, where he completed several courses, including a course for criminal investigators and was assigned to the MPCID unit. In 1973 he was promoted to the rank of sergeant, and was promoted to the rank of sergeant, and in May 1975 he was discharged from service The regular. After his release, he began working as an employee at an electronic alarm systems factory in Netanya. Yehoshua succeeded at work, and joined as a partner in the factory. In 1977, he married and built his home in Petach Tikva. When the Peace for Galilee War broke out, Yehoshua was called up for reserve duty. He was wounded in the war, but continued to serve. In November 1982, he was called for a second service in Lebanon. On the 11th of Cheshvan 5743 (11.11.1982), as a gas canister exploded in the government building, the building collapsed and buried its inhabitants. Among those killed was Yehoshua. He was 28 years old when he died. The commander of his unit wrote to his family: “Yehoshua served in the MPCID from the beginning of his career in the IDF, and stood out from the beginning of his service as a responsible, dedicated and reliable investigator. In the Peace for Galilee War, he was one of the founders of the base in Tire, and he fulfilled hard roles there with great dedication, and his image and path will serve as our guide, in light of which we will educate our young.” Yehoshua was laid to rest in the military cemetery in Petach Tikva. After his death, he was promoted to the rank of sergeant, leaving behind a wife, two children, including a four-month-old daughter, parents, three brothers and a sister.