Yizhar Peled ( he, יזהר פלד; 1961 – 7 October 2023) was an Israeli police officer with the rank of Assistant Commissioner. He served as commander of the West Bank Border Police until his retirement in 2020. He was killed in the

Kfar Aza massacre On 7 October 2023, around 70 Hamas militants attacked Kfar Aza, a kibbutz about from the border with the Gaza Strip, massacring residents and 2023 Israel–Hamas war hostage crisis, abducting several hostages. Kfar Aza had more than 700 res ...

, the opening strike of the

2023 Israel–Hamas war } The ongoing armed conflict between Hamas-led Palestinian militant groups and Israel military forces began on 7 October 2023, 50 years after the start of the 1973 Yom Kippur War. Hamas's coordinated surprise offensive, codenamed "Al-Aqsa Fl ...

Biography

Peled began his service in the

Israel Defense Forces The Israel Defense Forces (IDF; he, צְבָא הַהֲגָנָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל , ), alternatively referred to by the Hebrew-language acronym (), is the national military of the Israel, State of Israel. It consists of three servic ...

(IDF) in the

Paratroopers Brigade The 35th Brigade ( he, חֲטִיבַת הַצַּנְחָנִים, ''Hativat HaTzanhanim''), also known as the Paratroopers Brigade, is an infantry brigade unit of paratroopers within the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), and forms a major part of ...

and rose to become an officer. In 1995, he was appointed commander of the Gaza Border Police Operations Center. and in 1996 was appointed Chief Operations Officer of the Central District Border Police. and in 1999 he was appointed Chief Operations Officer of the Gaza Border Police. In 2001 he was appointed Settlement Branch Officer in the Border Police and in 2004 Head of Operations. In March 2005 he was promoted to the rank of Commander and appointed Deputy Commander of the West Bank Border Police. In 2007 he was appointed Head of the Settlement and Volunteers Department in the Border Police, in 2010 he was appointed Commander of the Arava Border Police, and in 2011 he was appointed Commander of the Southern District Border Police. On 27 November 2012, Peled became Commander of the Jerusalem Border Police with the rank of Assistant Commissioner. During his tenure, he led the Israeli police response to violent rioting in East Jerusalem after the

kidnapping and murder of Mohammed Abu Khdeir The kidnapping and murder of Mohammed Abu Khdeir occurred early on the morning of 2 July 2014. Khdeir, a 16-year-old Palestinian, was forced into a car by Israeli citizens on an East Jerusalem street. His family immediately reported the fact to ...

. At the same time, his family in

Kfar Aza Kfar Aza ( he, כְּפַר עַזַּה, ''lit.'' Gaza Village) is a kibbutz in southern Israel. Located between Netivot and Sderot around five kilometres east of Gaza, it falls under the jurisdiction of Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council. In it ...

was facing mortar attacks from the Gaza Strip. In July 2016 he was appointed Commander of the West Bank Border Police. He retired from the police in July 2020.

Personal life

Peled was married to Gila, a nurse by profession, and was the father of four children. He was a resident of Kfar Aza. Peled was killed at his home in

with his wife Gila and son on the first day of the surprise attack on Israel on 7 October 2023.ראש גילה פלד ז"ל יזהר פלד ז"ל דניאל פלד ז"ל

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Peled, Izhar 1961 births 2023 deaths Israeli Jews Israeli military personnel killed in the Israel–Hamas war Israeli police officers killed in the line of duty People from Southern District (Israel) 21st-century Israeli civil servants