Son of Mordechai and Gracia (Dahan). The father is from a Moroccan family, the fifth generation in Israel. He was born on 21 September 1935 in Rishon Letzion. He studied evening classes at the Daat Gymnasium. He was recruited to the IDF in August 1955. He fell in the course of his duties on 18 April 1946 and was brought to eternal rest in the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem.