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Yiftach Reicher Atir
Yiftach Reicher Atir is a retired Israeli brigadier general who was deputy commander of Sayeret Matkal in Operation Entebbe and later headed the special operations unit of Military Intelligence.
born 1949Operation EntebbeMilitary Intelligence special operations commandVenture capital at Koor
- Born
- 2 September 1949, Shoval
- Occupation
- writer, military officer, author
- Rank
- tat aluf
- Wars
- Yom Kippur War, War of Attrition, 1982 Lebanon War
Yiftach Reicher Atir was born in 1949 in Shoval
Reicher Atir was born on September 2, 1949, and grew up on Kibbutz Shoval.
He volunteered for the Paratroopers Brigade and joined its reconnaissance unit, fighting in the War of Attrition and in raids in 1973. He later commanded the paratroopers reconnaissance unit and then moved to Sayeret Matkal, where he was deputy commander in Operation Entebbe in 1976. From 1984 to 1990 he led the special operations unit of Military Intelligence, and he also served as IDF attaché in Japan.
He left the IDF in 1994 as a brigadier general and went into business. He was a managing partner at the Evergreen venture capital funds, a senior vice president at Koor, and head of the Koor Venture Capital fund until 2002.
He holds an executive MBA from Tel Aviv University and a master's degree in Hebrew literature from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. His thesis dealt with the Arab prisoner in the literature of the War of Independence. He is married to Rivka, and they have 4 children.
Yiftach Reicher Atir's life in 9 milestones
- 1949
Born on Kibbutz Shoval.
- 1973
Took part in Operation Spring of Youth.
- 1974
Took command of the paratroopers reconnaissance unit.
- 1976
Served as deputy commander of Sayeret Matkal in Operation Entebbe.
- 1984
Became head of the Military Intelligence special operations unit.
- 1988
Commanded the naval command post in the operation against Abu Jihad.
- 1989
Helped plan the abduction of Sheikh Obeid.
- 1994
Retired from the IDF as a brigadier general.
- 2002
Left the Koor Venture Capital fund.
Yiftach Reicher Atir served in Sayeret Matkal and Paratroopers Brigade
He served in the paratroopers, fought in the War of Attrition and the Yom Kippur War, and was deputy commander of Sayeret Matkal in Operation Entebbe in 1976. He led the Military Intelligence special operations unit from 1984 to 1990 and retired in 1994 as a brigadier general.
These 6 people share a field, a unit or a party with Yiftach Reicher Atir
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Shaul Mofazborn 1948The IDF's 16th Chief of StaffPolitics
Eyal Karimborn 1957Chief Rabbi of the IDFReligion- Yehiel Amsalem1939 to 1967Leading Sayeret Matkal's first teamMilitary
Eliezer Toledanoborn 1973Commanding the Southern CommandMilitary
Based on Hebrew Wikipedia, יפתח רייכר-עתיר, under CC BY-SA 4.0. The facts are Wikidata's.