Asaf Simhoni
Major General in the IDF; served as head of Northern Command, Assistant Head of Operations Directorate, and later as the Head of Southern Command. · Israel · On the map · Lived 1922 to 1956 · aged 34
Asaf Simhoni was a major general in the IDF, served as head of Northern Command, Assistant Head of Operations Directorate, and later as the Head of Southern Command. Simhoni headed Israel's main effort during the Suez Crisis. He died on the night the war ended in a plane crash on the way to Haifa.
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Simhoni's wife Delilah and their three children. Left to right: Yoav, Avner, YiftahTel-Yosef; 1952
Asaf and Delilah Simhoni in Tel Yosef, 1944
Asaf Simhoni with Chaim Herzog and a Jordanian officer, set the Armistice Line, 1948
Asaf Simhoni, 1st Battalion Commander, Yiftach; 1948
Asaf Simhoni as Commander of 1st Battalion, Yiftach Brigade, 1948
Simhoni (center), Northern Command, August 1953
Members of Unit 101 after Operation Egged (November 1955). Standing l to r: Lt. Meir Har-Zion, Maj. Arik Sharon, Lt. Gen Moshe Dayan, Capt. Dani Matt, Lt. Moshe Efron, Col. Asaf Simhoni; on ground, l to r: Capt. Aharon Davidi, Lt. Ya'akov Ya'akov, Capt. Raful EitanAbout this person
Country
Israel
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Other
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1922 to 1956 · aged 34