Mordechai Gur

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Mordechai Gur was an Israeli general and later Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, best known for leading the paratroopers who entered the Old City of Jerusalem during the Six-Day War.

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Mordechai Gur canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces ⓘ
Israeli general ⓘ
human ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
allegiance Israel ⓘ
appointedAsChiefOfStaff 1974 ⓘ
birthName Mordechai Gur ⓘ
burialPlace Jerusalem ⓘ
Mount Herzl ⓘ
causeOfDeath cancer ⓘ
conflict 1948 Arab–Israeli War ⓘ
Six-Day War ⓘ
War of Attrition ⓘ
Yom Kippur War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Israel ⓘ
Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1930-05-06 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1995-07-16 ⓘ
endOfTermAsChiefOfStaff 1978 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jewish ⓘ
knessetSession 10th Knesset ⓘ
11th Knesset ⓘ
12th Knesset ⓘ
languageSpoken Hebrew ⓘ
memberOf Knesset ⓘ
militaryBranch Israel Defense Forces ⓘ
militaryRank Lieutenant General ⓘ
Rav Aluf ⓘ
name Mordechai Gur ⓘ
notableFor announcing the capture of the Temple Mount in 1967 ⓘ
leading the paratroopers who entered the Old City of Jerusalem during the Six-Day War ⓘ
occupation military commander ⓘ
politician ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
placeOfBirth Jerusalem ⓘ
Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
placeOfDeath Israel ⓘ
Tel Aviv ⓘ
politicalParty Israeli Labor Party ⓘ
positionHeld Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces ⓘ
Commander of the IDF Paratroopers Brigade ⓘ
Commander of the Northern Command (IDF) ⓘ
Commander of the Southern Command (IDF) ⓘ
Deputy Minister of Defense of Israel ⓘ
Member of the Knesset ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
residence Israel ⓘ
serviceEnd 1978 ⓘ
serviceStart 1948 ⓘ
spouse Yaffa Gur ⓘ

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