Asaf Simhoni
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Asaf Simhoni, 1953
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| Native name | אסף שמחוני |
| Born |
October 9, 1922 Nahalal, Mandatory Palestine |
| Died | November 6, 1956 (aged 34) Near Ajlun Castle, Jordan |
| Buried at | Mount Herzl National Military Cemetery (31°46′26″N 35°10′50″E / 31.773889°N 35.180556°ECoordinates: 31°46′26″N 35°10′50″E / 31.773889°N 35.180556°E) |
| Allegiance |
 Israel |
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| Years of service | 1938 - November 6, 1956 |
| Rank |
 Aluf (posthumously)
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| Spouse(s) | Delilah Aisrzon (m. 1943; d. 1952) |
Asaf Simhoni (Also spelled Asaf Simchoni; Hebrew: אסף שמחוני; October 9, 1922 - November 6, 1956) was a Major General in the IDF, served as head of Northern Command, Assistant Head of Operations Directorate, and later as the Head of Southern Command. Simhoni headed Israel's main effort during the Suez Crisis. He died on the night the war ended in a plane crash on the way to Haifa.
Simhoni was born on October 9, 1922. He is the oldest son of Yehudit Simhonit and Mordecai Simhoni, fifth generation farmers who made aliyah to Mandatory Palestine in 1921. Coming from an agricultural settlement near Kherson, Ukraine (then Russian Empire), they settled in Nahalal, the newly established first moshav. Yehudit Simhonit's father, Moses Yivzori, was an ardent Zionist and a scholar well versed in the Bible and the Talmud. His house was the meeting place of intellectuals and youth members of the Jewish colonies sought to immigrate to Israel and work in agriculture. The Simhoni family came to Mandatory Palestine in 1921 becoming one of the founders of the moshav Nahalal, one of the state's first moshav shitufi. His mother, Yehudit Simhonit, was a Zionist activist and politician - a member of the first Knesset and a member of the Mapai party.
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