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Amos Horev
Israeli military official and expert
Amos Horev (Hebrew: עמוס חורב; born Amos Sochaczewer, 30 June 1924)[3] is an Israeli military official and expert. He served as a commander in the Palmach the elite force of the Haganah before the founding of the state, and was later an Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) Major-General, Chief of Ordnance and subsequently Quartermaster General and Chief Scientist of the IDF, nuclear scientist, President of Technion University, and Chairman of Rafael.[4][5][6][7][8][9] In June 2010, he was appointed to the Israeli special independent Turkel Commission of Inquiry into the Gaza flotilla raid.[10]