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Israeli general (1927–2021)

Elad Peled
Elad Peled, 1965
Born11 November 1927
Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine
Died26 July 2021(2021-07-26) (aged 93)
Israel
Allegiance Israel
Service / branchHaganah
Palmach
Israel Defense Forces
Years of service1944-1968
RankGeneral
Battles / wars1947–1949 Palestine war (1947-1949)
Operation Kadesh (1956)
Six-Day War (1967)
Other workDeputy 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. Peled commanded the 36th Division, which operated in the West Bank during the Six-Day War.

Yiftach Brigade commanders in Safed,1948. Elad Peled with glasses. Moshe Kelman to his left

He was also later involved in the Yom Kippur War.

Following his retirement from the military, he obtained the position of Director General of the Ministry of Education and Culture.

He died on 26 July 2021.

References

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. אלוף אלעד פלד, מאחרוני מפקדי מלחמת העצמאות וששת הימים, מת בגיל 93 (in Hebrew)
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