Elad Peled
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Elad Peled | |
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Born | 11 November 1927 Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine |
Died | 26 July 2021 Israel | (aged 93)
Allegiance | Israel |
Service/ | Haganah Palmach Israel Defense Forces |
Years of service | 1944-1968 |
Rank | General |
Battles/wars | 1947–1949 Palestine war (1947-1949) Operation Kadesh (1956) Six-Day War (1967) |
Other work | Deputy Director General of the Israel Electric Company, Director of the Ministry of Education, Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem, Educator |
Elad Peled (Hebrew: אלעד פלד; (11 November 1927 - 26 July 2021) was an Israeli general.
In the 1948 Arab–Israeli War he was a squad commander in the Yiftach Brigade.[1] Peled commanded the 36th Division, which operated in the West Bank during the Six-Day War.[2]
He was also later involved in the Yom Kippur War.[3]
Following his retirement from the military, he obtained the position of Director General of the Ministry of Education and Culture.[3]
He died on 26 July 2021.[4]
References
- ^ Herzog, Chaim; Shlomo Gazit (2005). The Arab-Israeli wars: war and peace in the Middle East from the 1948 War of Independence to the present. Random House, Inc. p. 177. ISBN 9781400079636. Retrieved 21 December 2010.
- ^ B. Oren, Michael (2004). Six days of war: June 1967 and the making of the modern Middle East. Rosetta Books. p. 193. ISBN 9780795311857. Retrieved 21 December 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b S. Liebman, Charles; Eliʻezer Don-Yiḥya (1983). Civil religion in Israel: traditional Judaism and political culture in the Jewish state. University of California Press. p. 170. ISBN 9780520048171. Retrieved 21 December 2010.
Elad Peled.
- ^ אלוף אלעד פלד, מאחרוני מפקדי מלחמת העצמאות וששת הימים, מת בגיל 93 (in Hebrew)
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