Former IDF Chief of Staff Amnon Lipkin-Shahak dies
IDF’s 15th Chief of Staff, at 68 dies after long battle with leukemia.
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By Ynet
Former IDF Chief of Staff Amnon Lipkin-Shahak died Wednesday after a long battle with cancer. He was 68-years-old.
He passed away in Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem, at noon.
Lipkin-Shahak was the IDF’s 15th chief of staff. He later served as the tourism and transportation minister in the 15th Knesset.
Born in 1944, Lipkin-Shahak enlisted in the IDF in 1962, joining the Paratroopers Brigade. Continue Reading »