Roi Levy

Roi Levy was born in 1979 in United States

Levy was born in the United States in 1979 and grew up in Jerusalem. He studied at the yeshiva high school in Beit El and at the Ateret Yerushalayim Yeshiva.

He joined the IDF in March 1999 and served in the Golani reconnaissance platoon, fighting in southern Lebanon and in Operation Defensive Shield. He later held command posts in the Golani Brigade and was its operations officer during the Second Lebanon War. He was wounded in the leg in Operation Cast Lead and seriously wounded in the head in Operation Protective Edge.

He earned a bachelor's degree in law at Ono Academic College and a master's degree in law at Bar-Ilan University. He commanded the Hadar Battalion, the Egoz Unit from 2016 to 2018, and the Bar'am Brigade from 2018 to 2020. In 2018 he lit the IDF torch on Israel's 70th Independence Day.

After studying at the National Security College, he led the Fire Training Center in Melah from 2021. In July 2023 he took command of the Multidimensional Unit. He was killed on 7 October 2023 in a clash with militants at Kibbutz Re'im.

Levy had 5 children. In May 2024 a memorial site named Givat Roi was set up in his memory near the Burma Road.