Son of Yahya and Sayeda. He was born in 1937 in the city of Hatzer in Yemen and immigrated to Israel in 1949. He was drafted into the IDF in February 1955, and two months later, on the 27th of Nissan 5706 (18.4.1955), died and was brought to eternal rest in the cemetery Military base in Kiryat Shaul. He left a wife.