Border Police Supt. Yossi Tabaja - Sept 29, 2000

Border Police Supt. Yossi Tabaja, 27, of Ramle was shot to death by his Palestinian counterpart on a joint patrol near Kalkilya.

Yossi Tabaja was shot at point-blank range by Palestinian policeman Nail Suliman as he rested in his jeep before they were to continue the patrol. An ambulance transported him to Beilinson Hospital, where he died shortly after arrival. The two jeeps of the joint patrol had stopped for a rest break when Suliman suddenly shouted "Allahu akbar" ("God is great") and fired on the Border Police jeep.

Tabaja immigrated from Ethiopia as part of "Operation Moses". He served in the army as a paratrooper and afterwards as a the border policeman.

Border Police Supt. Yossi Tabaja was buried at the Ramle military cemetery.