Shmuel Gonen

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Shmuel Gonen
Nickname(s)	'Gorodish'
Born	1930 (1930) Wilno, Wilno Voivodeship, Poland (now Vilnius, Lithuania)
Died	3 September 1991(1991-09-03) (aged 60–61) Milan, Italy
Allegiance	Palmach Israel Defense Forces
Years of service	1944–1976
Rank	Major General
Commands held	82nd Battalion 7th Armored Brigade Training Division Southern Command Solomon Region, Sinai
Battles/wars	1948 Arab-Israeli War Suez Crisis Six-Day War War of Attrition Yom Kippur War
Awards	Medal of Courage

Shmuel "Gorodish" Gonen (Hebrew: שמואל גונן; 14 December 1930 – 30 September 1991) was a Polish-born Israeli general and Chief of the Southern Command of the Israel Defense Forces during the Yom Kippur War.