Doron Almog
| Doron Almog | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1951 |
| Allegiance |
 Israel
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| Service/branch | Southern Command |
| Years of service | 1969—2003 |
| Rank | Aluf |
| Commands held | Shaldag Unit, Paratroopers Brigade, Infantry Corps, Gaza Division |
| Battles/wars | War of Attrition, Yom Kippur War, Operation Entebbe, First Lebanon War, Operation Moses |
Doron Almog (born 1951 as Doron Avrotzky) is a former Major General in the Israel Defense Forces reserves. In 2016, he received the Israel Prize for his lifetime of achievement.
Almog is also the father of a son with severe autism and mental retardation. His autistic son Eran died at age 23 in 2007. He is the founder of Aleh Negev, a village for the disabled which provides residential, medical and social services to the handicapped of southern Israel. After Eran's death, Aleh Negev's name was changed to Nachalat Eran.
Five members of the Almog family from Haifa: Ze'ev Almog, 71, his wife Ruth, 70, their son Moshe, 43, and grandsons Tomer Almog, 9, and Assaf Staier, 11 were killed in the suicide bombing of Maxim restaurant in Haifa on October 4, 2003, while Oren Almog, 10, was grievously injured and blinded.
Almog was drafted into the IDF in 1969. He volunteered as a paratrooper in the Paratroopers Brigade, and fought as a soldier and as a squad leader during the War of Attrition. In 1971 he became an infantry officer after completing Officer Candidate School. Almog fought in the Yom Kippur War as a company commander at the 202 paratroop battalion. later on he commanded the 35th Paratroopers Brigade's Reconnaissance company. Almog led a force of officers and soldiers from the company in Operation Entebbe, and was the first soldier to land on the runway at Entebbe, marking and securing it for incoming Israeli airplanes, then leading the capture of the airfield's control tower in the rescue operation. In the 1982 Lebanon War he led the 35th paratroopers Brigade's reconnaissance battalion during heavy fighting against PLO operatives and the Syrian army.
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