Elad Peled ( he, אלעד פלד; (11 November 1927 - 26 July 2021) was an Israeli general.
In the
1948 Arab–Israeli War
The 1948 (or First) Arab–Israeli War was the second and final stage of the 1948 Palestine war. It formally began following the end of the British Mandate for Palestine at midnight on 14 May 1948; the Israeli Declaration of Independence had ...
he was a squad commander in the
Yiftach Brigade
The Yiftach Brigade (also known as the Yiftah Brigade, the 11th Brigade in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War) was an Israeli infantry brigade. It included two Palmach battalions (the 1st and 7th), and later also the 2nd, which was transferred from the ...
. Peled commanded the
36th Division, which operated in the
West Bank
The West Bank ( ar, الضفة الغربية, translit=aḍ-Ḍiffah al-Ġarbiyyah; he, הגדה המערבית, translit=HaGadah HaMaʽaravit, also referred to by some Israelis as ) is a landlocked territory near the coast of the Mediter ...
during the
Six-Day War
The Six-Day War (, ; ar, النكسة, , or ) or June War, also known as the 1967 Arab–Israeli War or Third Arab–Israeli War, was fought between Israel and a coalition of Arab world, Arab states (primarily United Arab Republic, Egypt, S ...
.
![Yiftach commanders in Safed, 1948](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/Yiftach_commanders_in_Safed%2C_1948.jpg)
He was also later involved in the
Yom Kippur War
The Yom Kippur War, also known as the Ramadan War, the October War, the 1973 Arab–Israeli War, or the Fourth Arab–Israeli War, was an armed conflict fought from October 6 to 25, 1973 between Israel and a coalition of Arab states led by Egy ...
.
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.
אלוף אלעד פלד, מאחרוני מפקדי מלחמת העצמאות וששת הימים, מת בגיל 93
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1927 births
2021 deaths
Israeli generals
Palmach members
Israeli people of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War
Israeli people of the Six-Day War
Israeli people of the Yom Kippur War