19 Facts About Avraham Yoffe

Abraham Yoffe was an Israel general during the Six-Day War.

Avraham Yoffe later entered politics and served as a member of the Knesset for Likud between 1974 and 1977.

Avraham Yoffe was born in Yavne'el in 1913, during the era when the Ottoman Empire still controlled Palestine.

Avraham Yoffe was one of four children born to Chaim and Miriam Yoffe.

Avraham Yoffe's father was a member of the Yoffe family, and in his early years, Avraham Yoffe attended the Mikveh Yisrael agricultural school.

In 1936, Avraham Yoffe had joined the Special Night Squads, a joint British-Jewish counter-insurgency unit established by Orde Charles Wingate.

Avraham Yoffe served as a squad leader in one of the squads, acting as Lt.

Gavish, Avraham Yoffe had arrived at camp in civilian clothes, thinking he was making a courtesy call.

Avraham Yoffe returned in a brigadier general's uniform and took charge of the 31st Ugdah with its two reserve brigades, each with 100 tanks.

Avraham Yoffe's assignment was to penetrate Sinai south of Tal's forces and north of Sharon's, dividing the two fronts and preventing enemy reinforcements from reaching either.

Avraham Yoffe thus commanded a troop division in Egypt during the attack on the Sinai Peninsula through Wadi Haroudin, an area impassable to the Israeli tanks.

Avraham Yoffe's army captured the Bir-Lafhan junction, effectively preventing the Egyptians from calling for reinforcements.

South of them, General Avraham Yoffe's division continued towards the canal along two axes in the Suez sector.

General Avraham Yoffe had an important role in the discovery of Bar Kokhba letter in a cave in Judaean Desert.

Avraham Yoffe participated in the archaeological exploration with Yigael Yadin in a cave earlier plundered by Bedouin and researched by another archaeological team.

Avraham Yoffe suggested using advanced military equipment, which resulted in buried artifacts being discovered.

In 1963, while on military duty, Avraham Yoffe was permitted to serve as a chairman of the newly created Nature Reserves Authority Council.

Avraham Yoffe was one of the founders of the Movement for Greater Israel, and as the organization merged into it, subsequently joined the Likud.

Avraham Yoffe was elected to the Knesset on the Likud list in 1973 and was a member of the influential Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee and Finance Committee.