Aaron Ben Yosef

Aaron Ben Yosef was born in 1926 in Paris

Ben Yosef was born in Paris in 1926 and came to the Land of Israel in 1933. He grew up in Tel Aviv and was a member of the Hashomer Hatzair youth movement.

He joined the Palmach in 1944 and served in its naval company, the Palyam, where he took part in bringing immigrants to the country. He commanded the base at Sidna Ali. When the navy was formed, he proposed rebuilding a naval sabotage unit and gathered volunteers for it in Jaffa.

He later served in Shayetet 13 as intelligence officer and then operations officer. During the Sinai War he led a team that brought immigrants from Port Fuad to Haifa. In 1958 he commanded torpedo boat T-204, and he later ran the navy's general officers course.

He became deputy commander of Shayetet 13 and took command in June 1965. In early 1967 he asked to end his command, partly because of medical problems. He taught at the Command and Staff College from 1969 until his release from the IDF in May 1971.

In 1973 he went to Australia on behalf of the United Jewish Appeal and returned in 1976. He died of cancer in 1977. After the Shamgar Committee report on the Kishon affair, he was recognized as a fallen IDF soldier.