Yoskovitz, Shlomo

Son of Yehuda and Roza. Born on July 9, 1951 in Jaffa, he studied at the “Jonah the Prophet” elementary school and at the “Shivtei Israel” school and was a member of the Hanoar Haoved Vehalomed movement. Shlomo was very keen on football and was considered a great player in the ranking of teams in the various leagues, and he was very attached to his family, kept in touch with them and always wrote letters to them, Even when his time was limited, he knew how to accept everything in good spirits and loved to help people, and he spent the last three years before enlisting in Kibbutz Yifat. At the end of October 1969 he joined the Nahal Brigade as a member of the Shalat organization. In the nucleus he did faithfully and devotedly to everything he was given, and when he felt that he could contribute more than usual, he insisted that he be transferred to operational employment, despite the difficulties and dangers involved. On the 28th of Elul 5732 (September 6, 1972) he fell in battle on the Lebanese border when his patrol unit encountered a squad of terrorists. He was laid to rest in the military cemetery in Kiryat Shaul. His commander wrote in a letter of condolence to the bereaved family: “Shlomo was an exemplary soldier, loved and loved by his comrades and commanders, and fulfilled his duty with devotion and sacrifice.” In his letter, the commander expressed his sorrow and the sorrow of the soldiers of the unit for the untimely death of Shlomo. His friends, Michael and Gabriel, wrote in a letter of condolence to the family: “Our friend did everything in his power until the last moment … Although his body is separate from us, his smiling face is remembered and borne forever … Our friend loved to do his work in perfection and with satisfaction. And be bad … Know dear parents that your son fell as a good and brave soldier and did his work faithfully until he fell in the task of fulfilling the mission. ” Two weeks after he fell, Yossi Gamzu published an excerpt in his newspaper entitled “No Yom Kippur”; A Torah scroll in his name was placed in the “Nachliel” synagogue in Daughter of-Yam.