In 1951, he fled as a child with his parents from Iraq in an airlift organised by Israel, where he now lives with his family.
At age 18, after graduating high school, he was drafted into the Israeli navy and volunteered to serve aboard destroyer "Eilat".
Many of those who survived the initial attack were subsequently killed by other missiles, secondary explosions, or succumbed to sheer exhaustion.
His story about the personal trauma, desperation, loneliness and anxiety in those tragic night hours are brought together in a book, written by Moshe Levy, called "The 48th Soul."
In July 2015 he published his book: "Sylvie Doesn't Fit" short stories from life.