Yosef Avni (Hebrew: יוסף אבני; December 25, 1924 - February 3, 2021) was an Irgun fighter. He was born Yosef Danoch in Jerusalem, British Mandate of Palestine, to Yemenite Jewish immigrants. He changed his name to Avni (his underground identity) after the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948.
Avni went to work as a locksmith at a young age, to help provide for his family (he learned his job at his cousins' workshop, the Sabah brothers). At the age of 16 he joined Betar, leaving four years later (in 1942) for the Irgun. After the declaration of the Revolt against the British authorities (February 1944), Avni became part of the fighting force, and on top of being in charge of an arms dump in Jerusalem took part in many operations.
Avni commanded the sappers unit during the second attack on the British intelligence offices in the Russian Compound in Jerusalem on December 27, 1945, in which the building was destroyed and seven British policemen and an Irgun fighter were killed. He also took part in the King David Hotel bombing, being one of the senior commanders of the operation, and the bombing of the British Army base at Camp Schneller, personally lighting the fuses on mines that the raiders had set.
Avni was arrested in 1947 and detained by the British in Latrun Camp. He was released in March 1948, and was wounded attacking the Muchtar's house during the events of the Deir Yassin massacre. During the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, he took part in Operation Kedem.[1]
YosefAvni (Hebrew: יוסף אבני; December 25, 1924 - February 3, 2021) was an Irgun fighter. He was born Yosef Danoch in Jerusalem, British Mandate of Palestine...
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Esther "Esti" Avni was born in Herzliya, Israel, in the Shaviv ma'abara (today the Yad HaTesha neighborhood) to Yehuda and Yehudit Avni, who were both...
committee was chosen, composed of Chaim Gliksberg, Nahum Gutman, Newman, Avni, Yishai Kolbiansky, Leoben and Eliahu Sigard. Gliksberg was the association...
both nomadic resettlement and individual conversions. Levtzion, Vryonis and Avni emphasize the role of sedentarization, noting its facilitation of rapid Islamization...
March 1947, exiled to Eritrea, and returned to Israel in July 1948. Avni, Yosef – took part in a bombing of the British intelligence offices in Jerusalem...
Peretz Smolenskin, writer of the Haskalah movement Bereavement in Judaism Avni, Eran (13 January 2008). בתי קברות יהודיים בירושלים [Jewish Cemeteries in...
Conquest of Jerusalem (614 c.e.)—An Archaeological Assessment by Gideon Avni in Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research No. 357 (February...
Israel's Nuclear Program". Haaretz. A house with a legacy, Jerusalem Post Avni, Benny,"Iran and Syria Eye Israel’s Nukes" Archived 21 January 2016 at the...
Gil 1997, p. 854. Gil 1997, p. 399. Gil 1997, p. 408. Gil 1997, p. 408; Avni 2014, p. 325 Ekdahl 2005, pp. 172–203. Abulafia 1999, pp. 569–589. Metropolitan...
Eusebius of Caesarea Against Paganism. BRILL. p. 303. ISBN 978-90-04-11642-9. Avni, Gideon (2014-01-30). The Byzantine-Islamic Transition in Palestine: An Archaeological...
Ashkenazi – actor Yvan Attal – actor and director Mili Avital – actress Aki Avni – actor Orna Banai – actress Theodore Bikel – actor Eddie Carmel, born Oded...
Gideon Avni, p. 354 in reference to Moshe Gil 1992, p. 112–114 The Byzantine-Islamic Transition in Palestine: An Archaeological Approach, Gideon Avni, p....
Ricca, pp. 67–113 Robert Schick. "Mamluk and Ottoman Jerusalem". In Gideon Avni and Katharina Galor (ed.). Unearthing Jerusalem: 150 Years of Archaeological...
support from Druze in Israel – with apples". Christian Science Monitor. Avni, Idan (16 October 2006). "Nobody's citizens". ynet. "Israel News – Haaretz...
in Jerusalem was "Seder Avodat Hakodesh" (he: סדר עבודת הקודש) by Chaim Yosef David Azulai.The title page is decorated with a hybrid wood engraving technique...
recipient of the prize for the Humanities. David Shimoni Literature Shmuel Yosef Agnon Also awarded the Israel Prize in 1958. Arthur Biram Education Gad...
Archived from the original on 4 January 2007. Retrieved 1 February 2007. Gideon Avni, The Byzantine-Islamic Transition in Palestine: An Archaeological Approach...
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