Sergeant First Class Yosef Abitbul
Yossi was born and educated in the town of Beit She'an. At the age of 11, he and his family moved to Gan Ner at the foot of Mount Gilboa. A week before the event that would cost him his life, Yossi took part in a different military operation. Suffering a foot injury, he was released from the hospital with a day's leave at home. Yossi, however, insisted on returning to his comrades, to fight alongside the other members of his unit. He was killed at 20 years of age on August 12, 2006 in Southern Lebanon.