Inbar, Benny (Badri)

Son of Yehezkel and Miriam. He was born on December 12, 1944, in Baghdad, the capital of Iraq. In 1953 the family immigrated to Israel. He completed his elementary studies at the French school “Alliance” in Jaffa. Afterward, he studied for two years in high school and in the next two years attended an American school in Tehran, where he graduated with honors. After that he returned to Israel. Benny loved physics, mathematics and chemistry, and in these subjects he excelled and his grades were high. He was also successful in the humanities, but he liked to be more realistic. He succeeded in everything and was familiar with all the territories. His sense of humor was rich and very entertaining and in every society he was the focus. He was drafted into the Israel Defense Forces in February 1964 and served in the Armored Corps, and after he was discharged from the army, he occasionally went to reserve duty and at the outbreak of the Six-Day War was called again. On the second day of its battles, on the 27th of Iyar 5727 (June 6, 1967), a battle took place in El Guz in the outskirts of El Arish, where he fell. He was buried in the military emergency cemetery in Bari and was later transferred to a temporary rest at the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem.

After the fall, commander-in-chief was commended for detecting courage and stickiness with purpose. And this is the description of the event: On June 5, in a battle on Rafah’s posts, members of a position with a tank seized with the intention of attracting enemy fire and thus allowing his company During the operation, he destroyed five tanks and was wounded in the rear. Despite his wounding, he did not leave and continued to fight. In the Al-Arish foothills, after hitting three tanks and a number of anti-aircraft guns, his tank was hit. He and his team jumped from the tank and the enemy’s fire,  was dug by the side of the road, struck him at that hour.

The “Heroic Book,” published by the Tel Aviv Press Association and Bergen-Belsen survivors, dedicated a page to describe his recent heroic action. Mentioned in the book “Bare in the Turret” to S. Tevet.

In a 2017 investigation, it was emphasized that the Chief of Staff’s Chief of Staff awarded to First Sergeant Benny (Badri) Inbar was converted for the heroic decoration.