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Place of Birth: Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv District, Israel
About Uzi Yairi
- Uzi Yairi (31 July 1936 – 5 March 1975, Tel Aviv, Israel) was a commander of the elite Israeli army commando unit Sayeret Matkal.
- He was killed in action during a counter-terrorism operation to free hostages held by Palestinian terrorists at the Savoy Hotel. Yairi became head of Sayeret Matkal at age 31 and a full colonel at only 35.
- He also served as a brigade commander during the Yom Kippur War, but left the army as a result of trauma he had suffered during the war.
- ?o commemorate him, moshav Ro'i was named after him.
- The name is acronym for Ramat Uzi Yairi.
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