Emmanuel (Emil) Landau (Hebrew: עמנואל לנדאו; November 10, 1928 – March 17, 1948) was a Palmach fighter who was rewarded with the Hero of Israel.

[2][3] He and his younger sister fled from Poland to the Soviet Union on the eve of the outbreak of World War II.

After spending a short time at the Youth Aliyah camp in Jerusalem, Emil and Elina moved to the kibbutz Ginegar.

The squad commanded by Noam Pasmanik set up an ambush on the side of the main road north of Kiryat Motzkin.

Passmanik threw a grenade at the caravan and an explosive charge in one of the cars blew up and caused his death.

IDF's stated reason for awarding Landau: On March 17, 1948 , in Kiryat Motzkin, in an attack on an enemy convoy of weapons and ammunition, Private Emanuel Landau was among the unit members who stormed the enemy cars, and as a driver jumped onto one of the cars loaded with weapons to remove her from the battlefield.