Yogev Bar Sheshet
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| Native name | יוגב בר ששת |
Yogev Bar Sheshet (born in 1979) is an officer in the Israel Defense Forces with the rank of Brigadier general, currently serving as the Deputy Commissioner of the Security System. Previously, he served as Deputy Head of the Civil Administration, Deputy Commander of the Steel Formation, Commander of the Yoav Brigade, Operations Officer of the Southern Command, and Commander of Battalion 50.[1][2]
Bar Sheshet was wounded during the Israel-Hamas war, and is the most senior officer wounded in the IDF during the war.[3][4][5]
Biography[edit]
Bar-Sheshet attended the Or Etzion Boarding School. He enlisted in the IDF and was placed in Battalion 51 of the Golani Brigade. He underwent training as a fighter, Infantry Commanders Course, and Infantry Officers Course. At the end of the course, he was appointed as a company commander in the Bislach Brigade.[6][7]
Subsequently, he served as a deputy company commander and later as a company commander in "Bislach". He then moved to the Nahal Brigade and was appointed as a company commander, serving in this role during the Second Lebanon War. After the war, he was appointed as the commander of Nahal's advanced training company. He later served as the Deputy Commander of Battalion 50 and subsequently as the commander of the advanced training cycle in Nahal Training Base.[1][7]
In 2012, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and appointed as the commander of the Northern Battalion, a regional battalion in the Bar'am Formation, and served in this position until 2014. In May 2014, he was appointed as the commander of Battalion 50, leading it during Operation Brother's Keeper and Operation Protective Edge, ending his role on June 21, 2016.[6] Afterwards, he was appointed as the Operations Officer of the Southern Command between 2016 and 2019.[8]
On June 19, 2019, he was promoted to the rank of Colonel and appointed as the commander of the Yoav Brigade, a position he held until September 12, 2021.[8] In 2021, he was appointed as Deputy Commander of the Steel Formation, serving in this position until 2022. In August 2022, he was appointed as Deputy Head of the Civil Administration. On September 3, 2023, it was decided to promote him to the rank of Brigadier general and appoint him as Deputy Defense System Auditor.
During the Iron Swords War, he served as Battalion Commander B in the Nahal Brigade. During the war, he was moderately wounded by shrapnel during an operation in the Zeitoun neighborhood in southern Gaza.[9]
Personal life[edit]
Bar-Sheshet lives in Neta, is married, and has six children.
References[edit]
- ^ a b "תא"ל יוגב בר-ששת נפצע בינוני מירי במרכז הרצועה". סרוגים (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2024-05-13.
- ^ "הותר לפרסום: תא"ל יוגב בר ששת נפצע באורח בינוני ברצועת עזה".
- ^ "Senior IDF officer moderately wounded during fighting in Gaza City on Friday".
- ^ "IDF Brig.-Gen. wounded in combat in Gaza Strip - report". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. 2024-05-12. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
- ^ "Cleared for publication: Dep. Defense Establishment Comptroller moderately wounded in Gaza". www.israelnationalnews.com. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
- ^ a b ""הדבר האמיתי": גבול לבנון מעיני לוחמי הנח"ל שעל הגדר". www.maariv.co.il (in Hebrew). 2016-02-20. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
- ^ a b "N12 - שקט מתעתע בגבול הצפון: לצד המטיילים נערכים בצה"ל לתרחיש..." N12. 2013-04-06. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
- ^ a b "טקס חילופי מפקד חטיבת "יואב"". www.idf.il. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
- ^ Zitun, Yoav (2024-05-12). "Published: Colonel Yoav Bar Sheshet Moderately Wounded by Gunfire Shrapnel on Friday in Zeitoun". Ynet (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2024-05-12.