Son of Yehya and Shemaya. He was born in 1939 in Jabla, Yemen, immigrated to Israel in 1949. He worked as a mechanic, and in August 1957 he was drafted into the IDF and after more than a year fell in the course of his duties on 7/9/1958 and was brought to rest, Forever in the military cemetery in Kiryat Shaul.