WAvraham Avigdorov was an Israeli soldier and recipient of the Hero of Israel award, the highest Israeli military decoration. Avigdorov received the award for destroying two Bren machine gun positions on March 17, 1948, during the civil war phase of the War of Independence.
WAmi Ayalon is an Israeli politician and a former member of the Knesset for the Labor Party. He was previously head of the Shin Bet, Israel's secret service, and commander-in-chief of the Navy. He came in second to Ehud Barak in a Labor party leadership election in June 2007, and was appointed a Minister without Portfolio in September 2007. He is one of the recipients of Israel's highest decoration, the Medal of Valor.
WYohai Ben-Nun was the sixth commander of the Israeli Navy and one of the founders of the Israeli Special Forces. Hero of Israel.
WZvi Greengold is a former Israeli officer who fought during the 1973 Yom Kippur War as an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) tank commander. He is one of only eight people who fought in the war to be awarded the Medal of Valor, the nation's highest medal for heroism. He is a former mayor of Ofakim.
WTat Aluf Avigdor Kahalani is a former Israeli soldier and politician.
WBen-Zion Leitner was an Israeli soldier, who received the nation's highest military decoration, the Hero of Israel citation, for heroism during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
WMoshe Levy was a half-track commander in the Israeli Armored Corps, and was awarded the Medal of Valor for his fighting in Sinai during the Yom Kippur War.
WYuval Neria is a Professor of Medical Psychology at the Departments of Psychiatry and Epidemiology at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC), and Director of Trauma and PTSD Program, and a Research Scientist at the New York State Psychiatric Institute (NYSPI) and Columbia University Department of Psychiatry. He is a recipient of the Medal of Valor, Israel's highest decoration, for his exploits during the 1973 Yom Kippur War.
WZvi "Zvika" Ofer was an Israeli soldier and the commander of the Israel Defense Forces Haruv Reconnaissance Unit, and recipient of the Israeli Medal of Valor for the 1962 Nuqeib operation in Syria. In 1967, he served as the military commander of Hebron and Nablus.