Leon Bar
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Nativename
ליאון בר (בן מוחה)
Born11 April 1970
Died8 October 2023 (aged 53)
Route 232 (Israel) near the Black Arrow Monument
Buried
Gedera Cemetery in Gedera, Israel
Col. (res.) Leon Bar | |
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| Native name | ליאון בר (בן מוחה) |
| Born | 11 April 1970 |
| Died | 8 October 2023 (aged 53) Route 232 (Israel) near the Black Arrow Monument |
| Buried | Gedera Cemetery in Gedera, Israel |
| Service years | 1989–2023 |
| Rank | Colonel (Hebrew: אלוף משנה, Aluf mishne) |
| Unit | Judea and Samaria Division[1] |
| Awards | The President's Medal for Civilian Heroism (posthumously)[2] |
Leon Bar (Ben Mocha) (Hebrew: לאון בר; 11 April 1970–8 October 2023) was a retired IDF colonel who, on 7 October 2023, saved dozens of civilians from the fighting in Sderot and the massacre at the Nova Festival. The next day, on 8 October, he was killed by a terrorist who ambushed him near the Black Arrow Monument as he and his son Omer were searching for additional survivors of the October 7 massacre.
