page_title: Asaf Simhoni
section_title: Israel Defense Forces
hierarchical_section_title: Asaf Simhoni / Military career / Israel Defense Forces
caption_attribution_description: English: Different israeli officers of the parachutist 890e battalion in 1955 with Moshe Dayan - Chief of Staff. Lieutnant Meir Har-Zion - Lieutnant colonel Arik Sharon - Lieutnant General Moshe Dayan (Chief of Staff) Captain Dani Matt - Lieutnant Moshe Efron - Major General Asaf Simchoni - Captain Aharon Davidi Lieutnant Ya'akov Ya'akov - Captain Raful Eitan. CoS Moshe Dayan with members of 890th Paratroop Battalion after Operation Egged, November 1955. Standing l to r: Lt. Meir Har-Zion, Maj. 'Arik' Sharon, Lt.Gen Dayan, Capt. Dani Matt, Lt. Moshe Efron, Col. Asaf Simchoni; On ground, l to r: Capt. Aharon Davidi, Lt. Ya'akov Ya'akov, Capt. 'Raful' Eitan. עברית: עומדים, מימין לשמאל: אל"מ אסף שמחוני, סגן משה עפרון, סרן דני מט, רא"ל משה דיין, סא"ל אריק שרון, סגן מאיר הר-ציון.יושבים, מימין לשמאל: סרן רפאל איתן, סגן יעקב יעקב, סרן אהרון דוידי. התמונה צולמה באזור ניצנה, לפני יציאתם של הצנחנים למבצע הר-געש (מידע נוסף). 日本語: 1955年11月、モシェ・ダヤン参謀総長と第890空挺大隊のメンバー。後列左から： メイヤ・ハーシオン中尉 アリエル・シャロン少佐（のち国防相・首相） モシェ・ダヤン中将 ダニー・マット大尉 モシェ・エフロン中尉 アサフ・シッホニ大佐 前列左から： アハロン・ダヴィディ大尉 ヤコブ・ヤーコブ中尉 ラファエル・エイタン大尉（のちの参謀総長）
context_page_description: Asaf Simhoni was a Major General in the IDF, served as head of Northern Command, Assistant Head of Operations Directorate, and later as the Head of Southern Command. Simhoni headed Israel's main effort during the Suez Crisis. He died on the night the war ended in a plane crash on the way to Haifa.
context_section_description: After the 1947–1949 Palestine war and after his resignation from the Constituent Assembly, Simhoni was enlisted in the regular army. In April 1949, toward the end of the war, he was appointed commander of the Yiftach Brigade with the rank of Lieutenant colonel. The brigade was turned into the 11th Division of the IDF.
  In there, he held a number of senior positions while being on a relatively speedy promotion track. He became the Deputy Commander of the regimental school under the command of Yitzhak Rabin, later the brigade commander of the 17th Division and then Commander of the Golani Brigade.
  From 1952 to 1954 Simhoni was the deputy head of Northern Command. Following the end of his post, Simhoni was transferred to the General Staff where he served as the assistant chief of the Operations Directorate. In that capacity, Simhoni handled the organization and planning of the Reprisal operations that were conducted by Unit 101 and the Paratroopers Brigade under the command of Ariel Sharon. There he also dealt with organizing and training the Armored Corps shortly after its formation.
  In February 1956 Simhoni was sent to a senior officer training course in England where he excelled in his studied. He intended, after his graduation, to be appointed commander of the Armored Corps. However, due to the worsening security situation in Israel and the preparation for war that took place on the southern front, Simhoni was urgently summoned back to Israel where he was appointed Head of Southern Command in August 1956 with the rank of Brigadier.
  In this capacity Simhoni participated in the Sinai campaign in an attempt to eradicate the Egyptian army in the Sinai Peninsula, aid with the opening of the Straits of Tiran to Israeli ships the cessation of terrorism in southern Israel.
caption: Members of Unit 101 after Operation Egged (November 1955). Standing l to r: Lt. Meir Har-Zion, Maj. Arik Sharon, Lt. Gen Moshe Dayan, Capt. Dani Matt, Lt. Moshe Efron, Maj. Gen Asaf Simchoni; on ground, l to r: Capt. Aharon Davidi, Lt. Ya'akov Ya'akov, Capt. Raful Eitan
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