Dov Bar

Dov Bar was born in 1943 in Petah Tikva

Dov Bar was born on November 3, 1943, at Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva. His parents were born in Poland and came to the Land of Israel in 1924. They met in the Labor Battalion and later lived in Tel Aviv.

As a child he joined Hapoel Tel Aviv for rowing and sailing. He studied at Shalva Gymnasium but left school to work as a boat operator for divers. As a teenager he sailed alone to Cyprus in a small boat.

In 1961 he volunteered for Shayetet 13 and finished basic diving training in October 1963. He took officer training in 1964 and served in the unit until 1972, rising to deputy commander. He later commanded missile boats and Unit 707, and served as head of the navy's operations department.

In the Six-Day War he took part in the underwater raid on Port Said. In the War of Attrition he received the Medal of Distinguished Service for the raid on Green Island. He also became a seaman and a businessman.