Doron Almog Doron Almog ( born 1951 as Doron Avrotzky ) is a Major General ( res . ) in the Israel Defense Forces reserves . Background . Almog is also the father of a son with severe autism and mental retardation . His autistic son Eran died at age 23 in 2007 . He is the founder of Aleh Negev , a village for the disabled which provides residential , medical and social services to the handicapped of southern Israel . After Eran ' s death , Aleh Negev ' s name was changed to Nachalat Eran . Five members of the Almog family from Haifa : Ze ' ev Almog , 71 , his wife Ruth , 70 , their son Moshe , 43 , and grandsons Tomer Almog , 9 , and Assaf Staier , 11 were killed in the suicide bombing of Maxim restaurant in Haifa on October 4 , 2003 , while Oren Almog , 10 , was grievously injured and blinded . In 1976 ' s Operation Entebbe , he was the first para - reconnaissance commander to land on the runway at Entebbe , marking it for incoming Israeli airplanes , then leading the capture of the airfield ' s control tower in the rescue operation . In 1984 - 1985 , he participated in the clandestine airlift of 7 , 000 endangered Beta Israel ( or " Falasha " ) Jews from Ethiopia to Israel in what was known as " Operation Moses " . In his most recent post , as head of the IDF Southern Command from 2000 - 2003 he secured the border of the Gaza Strip against infiltration by Palestinian militants . . 2005 London escape . On September 10 , 2005 , as he and his wife arrived in London on an El Al flight to do fundraising for Aleh , a handicapped services organization which he helped found , Almog was tipped off by the Israeli Embassy that a warrant had been issued for his arrest on suspicion of violating the 1949 Geneva Convention in connection with home destructions in Gaza . The warrant was issued by Chief London Magistrate Timothy Workman of the Bow Street Magistrates ' Court . The petition for the arrest warrant had been filed by Daniel Machover and Kate Maynard , acting as attorneys for the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights . Machover is the head of Civil Litigation for Hickman & Rose Solicitors ( London ) , and , co - founder ( in 1988 ) of Lawyers for Palestinian Human Rights . Maynard is a member of Hickman & Rose . The warrant was considered urgent , and so was not brought before the English Attorney - General to approve . After Almog ' s escape , the warrant was cancelled in light of the fact that Almog had left Britain and was no longer under the court ' s jurisdiction . Metropolitan Police counter - terrorism officers were stationed at the immigration desk . Almog was to be arrested when he presented himself , and taken to a police station . News of the plan leaked to the Israeli Embassy , and when Almog landed , the Israeli military attache informed him in advance that there was an arrest warrant for him , advising him to stay on the plane and return to Israel . El Al denied police permission to board the plane . Almog and his wife remained on the plane for two hours before it took off for Ben Gurion International Airport . Police did not board the plane to arrest Almog or prevent the plane from departing . It later emerged that the senior counter - terrorism officer in charge of the operation had feared for public safety and the diplomatic impact of a potential armed confrontation with Almog ' s bodyguards and El Al sky marshal s should police have boarded the plane and attempted to execute the warrant . It was suspected that with a person of Almog ' s stature on board , there may have been as many as four or five sky marshals on the plane , and there was also no intelligence on whether Almog was accompanied by personal bodyguards . A second concern was the legal implications of boarding the plane after El Al had refused police entry . After the failed arrest , Attorney Daniel Machover demanded an investigation of why police failed to board Almog ' s plane , and of who leaked news of the impending arrest . Machover also demanded that Israel ' s Foreign Ministry waive their diplomatic privileges to facilitate investigation . Peter Clarke , the UK anti - terrorism coordinator refused these demands , stating that he lacked resources for such an investigation . British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw apologized to his Israeli counterpart over the attempted arrest , and said that warrant has been withdrawn . The Guardian reported that the UK government was " examining stopping private individuals applying to magistrates for prosecutions over war crimes . . . " A review by Independent Police Complaints Commission was unable to identify the source of the leak . In 2006 , Kate Maynard was arrested when she arrived in Israel to participate in an academic seminar on international justice , and an order for her deportation was issued by the Israeli Interior Ministry . While in custody , she was interrogated by Shin Bet . She appealed the order for her expulsion . The Tel Aviv District Court ruled that she should not be deported , but later changed that ruling to a recommendation . The Israeli State Prosecution decided to ignore the recommendation , and she was sent back to Britain and banned from re - entering Israel . Maynard later stated that she intended to take legal action in Britain to ensure her entry into Israel would not be prevented in the future . In 2009 , Almog was among the Israeli officials investigated by the National Court , a special and exceptional court in Spain , over the 2002 assassination of Hamas official Salah Shehade . The investigation was dropped on grounds that the attack had already been investigated by Israel .