Yitzhak Ben-Bashat

Yitzhak Ben-Bashat
Ben-Bashat in 2018
Native name
עלי יצחק בן בשט
Nickname(s)Benba
Born1979 (1979)
Halamish, Israel
Died (aged 44)
Shujaiyya, Gaza
Allegiance Israel
Service / branch Israel Defense Forces
Years of service2001–2023
RankAluf Mishne (Colonel)
Battles / wars

Eli Yitzhak Ben-Bashat (Hebrew: עלי יצחק בן בשט; 1979 – 12 December 2023) was an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) officer with the rank of Colonel. He served as the commander of the Yiftach Brigade, the commander of the Paran Brigade, a team commander at the Tactical Command College, and the commander of the Golani Reconnaissance Battalion.

On 12 December 2023, in the battles of 2023 Israel–Hamas war he was killed.[1] He, Asaf Hamami, Roi Levy and Yonatan Steinberg are the most senior IDF officers killed in this war.

  1. ^ "אלוף משנה יצחק בן בשט נפל בקרב ברצועת עזה". Arutz Sheva (in Hebrew). Retrieved 13 December 2023.