Yaakov Gez

Yaakov Gez was born in 1952 in Paris

Yaakov Gez was born in Paris in 1952. His father came from Tunisia and his mother from an Italian family. In April 1957 the family moved to Israel and settled in Nir Yafe, in the Ta'anakh area.

He went to primary school in Ein Harod Ihud. At 14 he entered the naval officers school in Akko as a cadet and finished in June 1970. He later earned a bachelor's degree in political science at Bar-Ilan University in 1991 and a master's degree during studies at the National Security College.

He joined the IDF in 1970 and served on missile boats, including during the Yom Kippur War. He commanded several naval vessels, was lent to the Mossad from 1981 to 1985, and later headed the navy's operations department. He commanded Shayetet 3 from 1993 to 1995 and the Haifa base from 1996 to 1999.

He left active service in 2000. He worked at Zoko Shiluvim and in 2006 became head of the Matzila division at the Ministry of Internal Security. In 2008 he joined the Council for the Prevention of Violence in Sports. He died in 2019.