caption serviceyears death_place death_date birth_place allegiance battles birth_date nickname rank image article_title name
mordechai maklef 1932 -- 1953 jerusalem , israel 1978 motza , jerusalem , british mandate of palestine british army haganah israel defense forces world campaign -rrb- 1948 arab -- israeli war -lrb- operation hiram war -rrb- ii -lrb- north african campaign & italian 1920 motke brigade commander lieutenant general chief of staff mordechai maklef 1952.jpg mordechai maklef
 mordechai maklef
mordechai maklef

mordechai -lrb- motke -rrb- maklef -lrb- or makleff -rrb- -lrb- ; 1920 -- 1978 -rrb- was the third chief of staff of the israel defense forces -lrb- idf -rrb- and later , director-general of many important public companies in the israeli economy .
