Gen. Dan Shomron (born 1937) was the 13th Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, from 1987 to 1991. During the Six-Day War he commanded a unit on the Egyptian front and was the first paratrooper to reach the Suez Canal. He was decorated with the Medal of Distinguished Service for this action. In 1974 he received the command over the Infantry and Paratroopers Branch of the Israeli army. In this function, he had command over Operation Entebbe in 1976. Wikipedia
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Israeli leaders remembered Shomron as one of the greatest military minds in the country's 60-year history. ... Shomron, born on a kibbutz near the Sea of Galilee in 1937, enlisted as a paratrooper in 1955 and fought in the Sinai war the following year, www.cleveland.com/obituary/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/ot...
Former Israeli military chief Dan Shomron , 70, the paratrooper who commanded the 1976 hostage rescue at Entebbe airport in Uganda, died Tuesday from the effects of a stroke. Israeli leaders called Gen. Shomron one of the greatest military minds in... www.daylife.com/topic/Dan_Shomron
Dan Shomron , the Israeli military commander who led the famous Entebbe raid of 1976 when more than 100 airline hostages were rescued from terrorist hijackers, has died, aged 70. His tenure as Israel's chief of staff (1987-91) included the first Palestin www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/feb/27/israelandthepalestin...
Israeli leaders remembered Shomron as one of the greatest military minds in the country's 60-year history. ... Born on a kibbutz collective farm near the Sea of Galilee in 1937, Shomron enlisted as a paratrooper in 1955 and fought in the Sinai war the www.presstelegram.com/ci_8371804
