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Udi Shalvi

Udi Shalvi is a retired IDF brigadier general who commanded the Shaldag Unit and the Edom Division.

born 1952Commanding the Shaldag UnitCommanding the Edom DivisionRole in Operation Yonatan

Born: 8 January 1952
Occupation: warrior, military officer
Rank: tat aluf
Wars: South Lebanon conflict, Yom Kippur War, 1982 Lebanon War

Udi Shalvi was born in 1952

Udi Shalvi was born on January 8, 1952. He grew up on Kibbutz Yiftah.

He volunteered for the Paratroopers and joined the Paratroopers reconnaissance unit, where he later served as a team commander. In the Yom Kippur War he was deputy to the unit's commander, Shaul Mofaz, and took part in raids deep inside Syria. He then moved to Sayeret Matkal, where he led a counterterrorism platoon, including in the Savoy Hotel operation, and was Mofaz's deputy in Operation Yonatan.

From 1979 to 1981 he commanded the Shaldag Unit. He later served as deputy commander of the Hiram Division and from 1988 to 1989 as commander of the Bar'am Division. He was promoted to brigadier general and appointed commander of the Edom Division.

After leaving the IDF he was operations vice president at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem. In 2006 he became head of the operations staff at the Ministry of Public Security. He is married to Orly, has 3 children and lives in Har Adar.

Udi Shalvi's life in 6 milestones

1952
Born on January 8.
1979
Took command of the Shaldag Unit.
1986
Became deputy commander of the Hiram Division.
1987
Took part in repelling a Hezbollah attack on Golani posts.
1988
Became commander of the Bar'am Division.
2006
Appointed head of operations staff at the Ministry of Public Security.

Udi Shalvi served in Sayeret Matkal and Shaldag

He served in the Paratroopers reconnaissance unit and Sayeret Matkal, fought in the Yom Kippur War and Operation Yonatan, and commanded the Shaldag Unit from 1979 to 1981. He later commanded the Bar'am and Edom divisions and reached the rank of brigadier general.

Sayeret Matkal Shaldag