Igal Milo

Igal Milo was born in 1939 in Kfar Saba

Igal Milo was born Igal Molchadsky on June 1, 1939, and grew up in Kfar Saba. His parents, Mordechai and Miriam Molchadsky, were Third Aliyah pioneers who settled there in 1931. He studied at the Pardes Hanna agricultural school and completed high school at the Kfar Hayarok boarding school.

He played football for Hapoel Kfar Saba in the 1959/1960 and 1960/1961 seasons and scored 7 goals. He completed mechanical engineering studies at the Technion in 1977, while serving in the army.

He joined the Combat Engineering Corps in 1958 and served as assistant to Brigadier General David Laskov from 1961 to 1970. He helped turn the small team known as the Laskov squad into the Yiftach unit. He changed his surname to Milo in 1969 before an official trip to the United States.

His last regular role was assistant to the deputy chief of staff and head of the Hermonim project on Mount Hermon. In reserve service, he was part of a weapons development group in the Southern Command from 2013 to 2020. He was released from the reserves in May 2021.

He leads projects on the heritage of the engineering corps and an educational orchard planted by his parents. He is married to Ada Milo and they have 4 children.