Amos Yarkoni

Amos Yarkoni
Amos Yarkoni
	A young Captain Amos Yarkoni
Native name	עמוס ירקוני‎
Birth name	عبد الماجد حيدر; ʿAbd al-Majīd Ḥaydar
Born	1 June 1920; Na'ura, British Mandate for Palestine
Died	7 February 1991 (aged 70); Israel
Buried	Kiryat Shaul Military Cemetery
Allegiance	Israel
Service / branch	Israel Defense Forces
Years of service	December 1947 - 1969
Rank	Sgan-Aluf (Lieutenant Colonel)
Commands	Shaked Reconnaissance Battalion; IDF Minorities Unit;
Battles / wars	1948 Arab–Israeli War; Retribution operations; Operation Kadesh; Six-Day War; War of Attrition;
Awards	Medal of Distinguished Service; Aluf Citation;

Amos Yarkoni (Hebrew: עמוס ירקוני) (born 1 June 1920 — died 7 February 1991), was an officer in the Israel Defense Forces and one of six Israeli Arabs to have received the IDF's third highest decoration, the Medal of Distinguished Service. He was the first commander of the Shaked Reconnaissance Battalion^[1] of Israel's Southern command.