Zahavi, Joshua

Son of Shmuel and Hannah. He was born on 15 October 1912 in Konigsgraz, Czechoslovakia, where he completed his elementary studies and part of his high school studies. When he was 15, the family moved to Romania. In Czernowitz, Jewish nationalism was developed in every family that belonged to the Jewish community, and Yehoshua joined the Betar organization, where he developed his love for Eretz Israel and his national pride, and eventually became a leader in the movement and became its leader. He returned to Romania after the war, settled in the capital Bucharest and was active in the leadership of the Revisionist organization, and one day it was Yehoshua’s turn to realize his dream and he boarded the Haganah and as a group commander sailed there On the way to Israel Israel was an illegal immigrant ship, and its members fought the British to prevent them from being transferred to Cyprus, and eventually he was able to reach Eretz Israel and set foot on its soil. From there he managed to return but was under the strict supervision of the British police. Yehoshua went to Rosh Pina, which was one of the most important concentrations of Betar’s enlistment units and was in a very difficult situation.Joshua enlisted in the IDF in mid-June 1948, served as a rifleman and ascended the ranks. In September 1950 he volunteered for the career army and fell to serve his people and country. Joshua was an avid Zionist and devoted his whole life to acting for the homeland. Joshua was an ardent fan of soccer, and as a judge in the games, he was a devoted husband as a good and loyal soldier, as a veteran soldier in the Sinai Campaign and in the Six Day War. 1969), died in the course of his duties and was put to rest in the military section of the Ashkelon cemetery, and placed a wife and two daughters in an article that was included in the journal Libertato (“Herut”). At the cultural center of the workers’ council in Ashkelon, where he lives, a bridge club was opened in his honor; In Yedioth Ahronoth, in the month of Av 5729, Yehuda Revivi (deputy mayor) published an article about him in his memory.