Uzi Yairi (Hebrew: עוזי יאירי) (31 July 1936 – 5 March 1975, Tel Aviv, Israel) was an Israeli military officer and commander of the elite Israeli army commando unit Sayeret Matkal.[1] He was killed in action during a counter-terrorism operation to free hostages held by Palestinian militants at the Savoy Hotel.[2]

Yairi became head of Sayeret Matkal at age 31 and a full colonel at only 35.[3] He also served as a brigade commander during the Yom Kippur War, but left the army as a result of trauma he had suffered during the war.[4] Тo commemorate him, moshav Ro'i was named after him. The name is an acronym for Ramat Uzi Yairi.[5]

References

  1. ^ Spektor, Danny (2015-03-06). "Remembering attack on Savoy Hotel in Tel Aviv 40 years later". Ynetnews. Retrieved 2025-02-20.
  2. ^ "About: Uzi Yairi". dbpedia.demo.openlinksw.com. Retrieved 2025-02-20.
  3. ^ "'There's no one like him in Israel to this day'". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2025-02-20.
  4. ^ Ben Hartman (25 April 2012). "'There's no one like him in Israel to this day'". Jerusalem Post.
  5. ^ Vilnai, Ze'ev (1980). "Ro'i". Ariel Encyclopedia (in Hebrew). Vol. 8. Israel: Am Oved. p. 7404.


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uzi_Yairi
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