Eitan Lidor

The story of Eitan Lidor's life

Eitan Lidor joined the IDF in 1969 and served as a soldier and officer in the Combat Engineering Corps. In the Yom Kippur War he was an engineering officer in a battalion under Central Command. He left career service in 1975 and returned 2 years later.

In 1981 he took command of Battalion 605 and led it in the First Lebanon War until 1983. He later served at Field Forces Headquarters and commanded the School of Military Engineering. After the National Security College, he served at the Ground Forces Training Center and in January 1992 became Chief Combat Engineering Officer, a post he held until 1995.

He holds a bachelor's degree in economics and a master's degree in national security from the University of Haifa. He also completed the US Armed Forces joint command and staff course. He was a member of the Zohar Committee that examined the strike on INS Hanit.

After leaving the army he was CEO of the engineering company Rolider. In 2006 he founded Eitan Lidor Projects, which manages civil engineering, demining and bomb disposal projects. He is married to Ziva.