Moshe Levy (soldier)

Moshe Levy (born 1946) 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.

Later, he was educated at the "Neve Amiel" yeshiva high school in Sde Ya'akov and in the Youth Ailyah's "HaShomer" farm in Ilaniya, and later moved from Yavne to Ashdod.

On October 8, the brigade deployed in the El Qantara area and Company L, to which Levy belonged, conducted pursuits after Egyptian commandos.

On October 15, when his unit was in Beluzah (Pelusium), a call was received for the rescue of an IDF force caught in an Egyptian ambush on the "plastic road" on its way to “Fort Budapest”.

The Egyptian commando fighters waited until the rescue force's half-tracks entered the area where they had entrenched themselves, and then attacked with the AT-3 Sagger missiles and rockets that disabled most of the vehicles.

The description of the deed reads:[5] On October 15, 1973, Corporal Moshe Levy, a platoon sergeant, took part in a battle that his company conducted with an Egyptian ambush on the sea route to the northern post in the “Port-Fuad-Budapest” sector.

Meanwhile, the half-track was hit directly, went up in flames and exploded.For his acts in the battle, Levy was decorated with Medal of Valor by Defense Minister Shimon Peres for "valiant courage, bravery, fortitude and dedication to the mission."

After completing mandatory military service, he joined the police and worked in the Special Tasks Department in the Tel Aviv District, and in the Elta Systems.