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At the end of his tenure, he went on leave to study for a bachelor's degree in law at the Ono Academic College.

At the beginning of Operation Cast Lead he interrupted his studies and joined the fighting as part of the Golani Brigade, during which he was wounded in the leg during an encounter with terrorists.

[4] In June 2013 he was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and appointed commander of the Golani Brigade, and led it among other things in fighting in Operation Protective Edge, during which he was seriously wounded in the head.

After a rehabilitation period in which he also completed a master's degree in law at Bar-Ilan University, he was appointed commander of the Hadar Battalion at Bahad 1 and served in that position between 2015 and 2016.

In April 2018 he was selected by the Chief of Staff, Gadi Eisenkot, to light the IDF torch on the 70th Independence Day of the State of Israel.

[5] He was killed on 7 October in the battle of Re'im during an encounter with Palestinian militants on the first day of the 2023 Israel–Hamas war.