Israel Lior

Israel Lior was born in 1921 in Poland

Israel Lior, born Litwer, was born in Poland in 1921. He moved to the Land of Israel in 1937 and lived with his grandparents in Haifa. His parents stayed in Poland and were killed in the Holocaust.

He studied at the vocational school next to the Technion. He served in the Haganah as an instructor and commanded its Technion student company and its special unit in Haifa.

In the War of Independence he commanded Battalion 11 and later became operations officer of the Golani Brigade. He then held staff and command posts, including command of the Tel Aviv District from 1960 to 1963. From 1963 to 1966 he headed a personnel division in the Manpower Directorate.

In 1966 he became military secretary to Levi Eshkol and stayed in the post under Golda Meir. He was with them during the Six-Day War, the War of Attrition and the Yom Kippur War. He left regular service in 1974.

He then led the national oil company until 1978 and later worked in the Tel Aviv-Yafo Workers Council. He died in May 1981.