David Bannett

David Rephael Bannett (; 29 October 1921 – 26 January 2022) was an American-Israeli engineer. He was known as the inventor of Shabbat elevators. Bannett was the first lecturer of electronics in the Department of Physics at Bar Ilan University and the Jerusalem College of Technology. He is one of the founders of the Beit Hazon neighborhood in Kfar Haroeh.

Bannett died in Beit Hazon on 26 January 2022, at the age of 100.

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